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Intermediate (bolt on) modules – Ordering and Receiving Medicines

Course Overview

Medicines reconciliation is the act of creating an accurate list of a person’s medicines, and maintaining it. Medicines transcription is then writing these medicines up onto a medicines chart, body maps, when required protocols etc. CQC require that you have had training to do this. This practical, assessed workshop, we teach you how to carry out medicines reconciliation and transcription according to NICE guidelines. We will design this workshop around the actual medicines charts and other paperwork that you use. As part of this workshop, we can provide you with a medicines reconciliation and transcription policy and medicines reconciliation tool/assessment if needed.

Aimed at

Nurses and senior health and carer professionals working in any health or social care setting (e.g. care homes, supported-living, hospices, community settings)

Certification

Course Mapping

CQC Key Lines of Enquiry S4: How are people’s medicines managed so that they receive them safely?

NICE guidelines: Medicines Optimisation [NICE guideline NG5]

Accredited with

Skills for care

Course content (click to expand)

  • Which sources of information can be used to reconcile a person’s medicines?
  • What checks are needed when those sources disagree with each other
  • What additional checks do NICE guidelines require for medicines reconciliation?
  • What medicines paperwork is considered best practice?
  • Transcribing medicines onto your own organisation’s medicines charts
  • Setting up the timing of doses
  • Transcribing complex dosages (e.g. increasing, reducing, alternate day, weekly doses)
  • Remote prescribing (verbal orders)

Price

(excluding VAT)

Duration

£600 (max 16 people) + travel and expenses (if needed)

4 hrs