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Free Topical Cream Mar Chart now available!

February 1, 2021
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Download a free Medication Administration Record here!

January 27, 2021
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Ordering Medication Using Proxy Access: Guidance for Care Homes and GP Practices (Last update: 16.11.20)

November 16, 2020
What is Proxy Access? People can use online services for booking appointments, ordering repeat prescriptions, and to view information that their GP practice holds about them in their Patient record.…
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Medicine and Wellbeing

November 17, 2017
    Medication is a valuable tool in social and health care. Used properly, it can solve or minimise acute or longer-term health problems. However, if it is wrongly prescribed,…
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Covert medication: what protections are there for the person giving it and the person receiving it?

July 25, 2016
A new case* has just been reported, dealing with covert medication.  This concerns an elderly lady in a care home, who lacked mental capacity to consent to medication and frequently…
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