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Refresher Course: Managing and Administering Controlled Drugs | Online
This refresher course will revisit how to manage and administer controlled drugs in line with legal requirements and national best practice.
- Learn at your own pace
- Instant assessment and results
- Print or store your certificate
- Videos and interactive content
- Bulk discounts for 2+ courses
- Free manager dashboard for 10+ courses
- Print or store certificates
- Videos and interactive content
£33.00
Course overview
Safe, compliant management of controlled drugs depends on staff who are confident and well trained. Over time it’s easy to become complacent in the way we work, and therefore it’s vital to check in and refresh your understanding of the legal requirements and best-practice processes.
This refresher course is designed for staff who have already completed our controlled drugs training and now need to update, reinforce and evidence their knowledge. It revisits the key legal controls around controlled drugs — including storage, recording, witnessing and administration — in line with current legislation and national best practice (Controlled drugs: safe use and management, NICE guideline NG46).
The online course includes interactive checkpoints to confirm understanding and highlight any areas that may need a closer look. You’ll also take part in virtual medicines rounds, giving you the opportunity to practise the checks needed when receiving, administering, disposing of and balance-checking controlled drugs — and recording each step accurately along the way.
The course uses our Controlled Drugs Register, designed bespoke for social care and developed in collaboration with two national care organisations. This helps staff refresh their skills and feel confident that they’re using the register correctly in day-to-day practice.
Aimed at
This refresher course is designed for learners who have previously completed our primary course on managing and administering controlled drugs. It is suitable for managers, care support workers and nurses in care homes, rehabilitation centres, substance misuse centres, hospices and boarding schools.
Course content
- Be aware of the legislation and best practices that govern the management of controlled drugs
- Describe why some medicines are classified as controlled drugs
- Describe the different schedules of controlled drugs and which controlled drugs fit into which schedules
- Demonstrate how to establish which controlled drugs require safe custody
- Explain the role and requirements of the witness
- Demonstrate how to correctly receive, administer, dispose of, and balance check controlled drugs and how to record this
- Understand the rules and recording requirements when a person self-medicates with a controlled drug
- Demonstrate how to deal with stock discrepancies
- Demonstrate how to correct errors in the Controlled Drugs Register
Certification
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Cost
| Per Person | Price (Excluding VAT) |
|---|---|
| 1 | £33.00 |
| 2 - 9 | £32.00 |
| 10 - 24 | £31.00 |
| 25 - 49 | £30.50 |
| 50 - 74 | £30.00 |
| 75 - 99 | £29.50 |
| 100+ | £29.00 |