Courses
Managing and Administering Controlled Drugs (CDs) | In Person
This course will teach you how to manage and administer controlled drugs in line with legal requirements and national best practice
- We offer an online version of this course for individuals
- Click on the button below to see the online version of this course
- A face to face in person course
- Run privately just for your team
- Run at a venue of your choice
- £675 + VAT per workshop (max 16)
Course overview
Course last audited November 2024
There is often a lack of formal training around controlled drugs. Staff may be unclear to which drugs the legal controls apply, or lack the necessary knowledge on witnessing, recording and safe storage requirements. This course will teach you how to manage and administer controlled drugs in line with legal requirements and national best practice (Controlled drugs: safe use and management, NICE guideline [NG46] April 2016).
We have also produced a new Controlled Drugs Register which we can train staff to use during this course. The improved Controlled Drugs Register we have made available was designed and tested by our pharmacist and nursing team along with the cooperation of two national care organisations.
Aimed at
The course is aimed at managers, care support workers and nurses in care homes, rehabilitation centres, substance misuse centres, hospices and boarding schools. Contact us if you require us to tailor the course to any other settings.
Course content
- Be aware of the legislation and best practice which governs 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 medicines witness
- Demonstrate how to correctly receive, administer, dispose of, and balance check controlled drugs, and how to accurately 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
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPD Assessed.
Certification
Pricing
£675 per workshop (max 16) + trainer expenses (click here for details) VAT applies.