Policies and Procedures for Care & Nursing Homes

The Importance of Effective Medication Management

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It is the responsibility of all care providers, irrespective of the type of service being run, to handle medications in the safest manner possible. Irrespective of the type of service being run, it is the responsibility of all care providers to apply the highest standards of safety to medication management. Care providers are required to demonstrate that the standards of care as proscribed by the Care Quality Commission (Outcome 9, Regulation 13) are met.

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  • Search Function

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Policies and procedures included in Medications Management package
(only relevant Care provision templates apply)

Simply choose the category:

  • CM02 - Overarching Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM13 - Homely Remedies Policy and Procedure

    CM06 - Ordering and Receipt of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM07 - Storage of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM08 - Safe Disposal of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM09 - Controlled Drugs Policy and Procedure

    CM10 - Other Routes of Medication Administration Policy and Procedure

    CM11 - Administration of Medicines Policy and Procedure

    CM12 - Recording the Administration of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM14 - Training and Competency on Medications Policy and Procedure

    CM15 - Medication Errors and Near Misses Policy and Procedure

    CM16 - Auditing and Monitoring of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM17 - Covert Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM18 - As Required and Variable Dose Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM20 - Medication Away from Home Policy and Procedure

    CM03 - Overarching Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM30 - Storage of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM31 - Safe Disposal of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM32 - Controlled Drugs Policy and Procedure

    CM33 - Other Routes of Medication Administration Policy and Procedure

    CM34 - Administration of Medicines Policy and Procedure

    CM35 - Recording the Administration of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM36 - Over the Counter Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM37 - Training and Competency on Medications Policy and Procedure

    CM38 - Medication Errors and Near Misses Policy and Procedure

    CM39 - Auditing and Monitoring of Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM40 - Covert Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM41 - As Required and Variable Dose Medication Policy and Procedure

    CM42 - Medication Away from Home Policy and Procedure

    CM43 - Collection of Prescriptions Policy and Procedure

  • GDPR01 - Overarching GDPR Policy and Procedure

    GDPR04 - Initial Privacy Impact Assessment Policy and Procedure

    GDPR02 - Appointing a Data Protection Officer Policy and Procedure

    GDPR10 - Consent Authorisation Policy and Procedure

    GDPR03 - Data Security and Data Retention Policy and Procedure

    GDPR05 - Subject Access Requests Policy and Procedure

    GDPR06 - Breach Notification Policy & Procedure

    GDPR07 - Privacy Notice Policy & Procedure

    GDPR08 - Website Privacy Policy and Procedure

    GDPR09 - Fair Processing Notice Policy and Procedure

    GDPRG01 - Act Now!

    GDPRG02 - Key Terms

    GDPRG03 - Key Principles

    GDPRG04 - Processing Personal Data

    GDPRG05 - Rights of the Data Subject

    GDPRG06 - Transferring Personal Data

    GDPRF01 - Initial Privacy Impact Assessment

    GDPRF02 - Appointment of a Data Protection Officer

    GDPRF08 - Website Privacy Statement

    GDPRF03 - Template Subject Access Request Letter

    GDPRF04 - Cookies Example Policy Statement

    GDPRF09 - Consent Authorisation Form - Person with Capacity

    GDPRF10 - Consent Authorisation Form - Person Lacking Capacity

    GDPRF05 - Template Fair Processing Notice - Employees

    GDPRF06 - Template Fair Processing Notice - External

    GDPRF07 - Breach Notification Process Map

    GDPRF11 - Subject Access Request

    GDPRF12 - Privacy Impact Assessment

Ongoing Support and Guidance for Medications Management

  1. Simple to use

    online interface for all medications management activity

  2. Includes

    Medications audit

  3. Easy upgrade path

    from the Medications Management Module to the Full Management System

  4. Fully comprehensive approach

    Up to 40 pages with 6 easy to follow HR policies and procedures, available in Word and PDF

  5. Upload your own documents

    to supplement the system for an even more comprehensive and personalised adult social care compliance tool

  6. Online customisation

    lets you change any of the up to 130+ fields that are customised to your business

  7. Weekly update email

    System compliant or not, number of updated & unread documents, recent staff logins PLUS e-mail notifications for care system updates

  8. Venalink compatible

    Version available for Venalink Monitored Dosage users

  9. Supports QA

    Meets the CQC Definition of Quality Assurance for on-going compliance

  10. Provides compliance

    for medications management under The Health and Social Care Act 2008

  11. Fully customised documents

    As required by the CQC documents are specific to your organisation and not generic

  12. Peace of mind

    Know you are compliant and that we keep you up to date

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CQC Compliant Drug & Medications Management

Subsequently, all care services are expected to ensure that medicines are received, handled, stored, administered, disposed of and recorded in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements, as well as best practice recommendations.

The QCS Medications Management Module is highly effective at achieving compliance in this demanding area. The QCS medication audit tool helps you ensure this is the case while the medication risk assessment forms ensure that risk areas are not overlooked. This module was designed to help you manage medications with confidence through a stable and secure medications policy.

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