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Managing medicines in care homes

Social care guideline [SC1] Published date: March 2014

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Tools and resources

Tools to help you put the guidance into practice.

Tailored education support

  • NICE/SCIE: Managing medicines in care homes and the community webinar (September 2018)

Implementation advice

  • Endorsed resource – Medicines Use in Care Homes E-learning (course 2)
  • Endorsed resource – Medicines Use in Care Homes E-learning (course 1)

Educational resource

  • Useful resources from other organisations

Case studies

  • Quality and Productivity case study - Ensuring appropriate use of monitored dosage systems: reducing unnecessary pharmacy workload

Tailored service improvement support

  • Using quality standards to improve practice in care homes for older people 11 January 2015   PDF 278.29 KB
  • Checklist for care home medicines policy 14 March 2014   PDF 565.66 KB

Baseline assessment

  • Baseline assessment tool 14 March 2014   Excel 435.76 KB

Case scenario

  • Case scenarios for health and social care staff 14 March 2014   PDF 389.48 KB

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