Administration of Medication Webinar for Care Homes

1 hour webinar via MS Teams
This session, delivered by the H&WE ICS Care Home Pharmacy team provides delegates the opportunity to enhance their knowledge on the safe and secure handling of medication, focusing on how to approach the administration of medication safely and correctly. This is essential to ensure patient safety and minimise the risk of medication-related incidents, while enhancing effectiveness and maintaining high-quality care standards.

While some of the information presented may be relevant to domiciliary care providers, the session content is primarily intended for CQC-registered care homes.

Learning Outcomes
• Understand the importance of accurate medicines reconciliation
• Understand the activities undertaken when a medicine is administered
• Know how to approach the administration of medication safely and correctly
• Understand the correct documentation process on a MAR chart
• Know where to find further resources regarding medicines use in care homes