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In order to ensure the continuity of care when a service user is being transferred to another setting it is important that their medication is sent with them. The new care service may not have the necessary medication available to them so by sending the medication with the service user, you are ensuring that they receive the correct medication at the correct time. It is just as important that a copy of theMAR sheet is also sent with the person, as this will inform

This act is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom and it governs the manufacture and supply of medicine.

* There must be a policy at work place for the receipt, recording, storage, handling, administration and disposal of medicines.

Assisting – At the request of the service user, opening bottles and packets; removing lids; popping pills out of packages when the service user cannot physically do this and has asked the care worker to help with that specific medicine; shaking bottles.

Drug classification is put into 1 of 3 groups’ A, B and C. Class A drugs are the most harmful. New psychoactive substances is a new drugs early warning system. There are many new drugs being discovered which cannot be classed as safe or legal, the new psychoactive substances service bans newly identified harmful drugs within days. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is the main law/legislation to control and classify drugs that are ‘dangerous or otherwise harmful’ when misused. The act makes it illegal for people to:

Roles and responsibilities for supporting the use of medication if after the medication has been dispensed and go into the home depending where people live they may need help from care staff to administer the medication after training they staff would be able to support service users to

The following is a list of legislations that has direct impact upon the handling of medication within in a social care setting,

The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staff are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation, they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user.

What is your responsibility under the above act as a care worker in relation to;

If social care worker collects medicines for the service user they must ensure that any written policies and procedures for every aspect of handling medicines are adhered too. The registered provider is responsible for ensuring that when care workers give medicines they have the right training and are competent to do so.

The nurse must verify the physician’s medication order, including the dose and time, and then the pharmacy is responsible for their own checks and balances via the BCMA system in order to complete the dispensing phase of the medication (Gooder, 2011). The nurse enters the BCMA system with a login and password and is able then to see a list of the virtual due list for a specific patient. The computer on wheels is then taken to that patient’s room and the five rights of medication administration begin. As nurses, we are taught to use the five rights of drug administration are (1) right patient (2) right medication (3) right dose (4) right route and (5) right time. By scanning the barcode on the patient’s hospital identification band, the nurse then asks for the patient to verbally state their name and date of birth, which can be verified by the nurse on the virtual due list and then choses the medication that are due for administration at that time. The medication is dispensed and the nurse is able to scan the barcode on the medication, the scanning triggers the automatic documentation of the medication given (Kelly, 2012).

rights, health, and safety of the patient.” This provision, identifying patients, medication safety are related because it is a nurse’s responsibility to protect the patient from harm and promote safety. Nurses are taught to use multiple checks before administering a drug and use two identifiers. These checks include checking the medication against the order when obtaining it, checking again when preparing the medication and the last check is done at the patient’s bedside prior to giving the medication. Also it is imperative to question any medication order that does not seem fit. The order should include a date, time, name of the medication, dosage strength, the route for

M1 – discuss organisational policies and procedures are by influenced legislation and guidelines with regard to the administration of medication

The right patient would refer to making certain that the patient is the correct person who is being treated by making sure the health care worker is reading the chart and asking the patients their name and if they have any allergies to certain medicines. The right drug refers to making sure that it is the correct medicine and dose a doctor has ordered as well as making sure the medicine has not expired. The right dose should be calculated and measure before performing any treatment. The right route refers to the different methods of drug administration like taking medicine by mouth, sublingual, inhalation, parenteral routes, etc. The right time would refer to needing the medicine either on time, 30 minutes before or 30 after the order time as good as ingesting a medication with or without nutrient. The right technique refers to making sure that the health care worker knows which drug he/she should apply to patients. The right documentation refers to taking notes of the patient’s name and age as well as the proper drug, dose and

Pharmacists have a main job as the sole distribute of medications, but before that they make sure it won’t react with any of a patients other medicines. They