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The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting.

There are many laws that affect nursing practice from the routine tasks such as Manual Handling Regulations (1993) to potentially serious and life-threatening issues such as The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (1985 and 2001) (legislation.gov.uk 2018).

There are several current legislation, guidelines, policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. These are The medicines Act (1968), Misuse of Drugs Act (1971), Misuse of Drugs Regulations (2007), Health Act (2000) The Care Standards Act (2000), Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations (2002) Control of Substances Hazards to Health (2002), Hazard Waste Regulations, Controlled Waste Regulations (1992), The Handling of Medic9ines in Social Care and The Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines; a Team Approach.

1. The main legislation that governs the use of medication is The Medicines Acts 1968. The following is a list of legislations that have a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting.

Outcome 1 – Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings.

There are several legislations relevant to the administration of medication in the care home. Although not expected that care staffs have detailed knowledge of the legislations, they do need to be aware of the legal difference between drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user. The Medicines Act 1968 being the umbrella and from this several amendments and legislations have been implemented. The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting.

Legislation – The Medicines Act, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations, The Health and Safety at Work Act, The Misuse of Drugs Act, The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations, Health and Social Care Act

There are Policies in frameworks which provide support and protection in care and education provision and a piece of legislation which is related to care or education provision is The Children & Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. (www.cypcs.org.uk ) The act was put in place to strengthen legislation & services so that Scotland can be the best place for young individuals to develop in their future.

Possible side effects: “dry mouth, sedation, blurred vision (disturbance of accommodation, increased intra-ocular pressure), constipation, nausea, difficulty with micturition; cardiovascular side-effects (such as ECG changes, arrhythmias, postural hypotension, tachycardia, syncope, particularly with high doses); sweating, tremor, rashes and hypersensitivity reactions (including urticaria, photosensitivity), behavioural disturbances (particularly children), hypomania or mania, confusion or delirium (particularly elderly), headache, interference with sexual function, blood sugar changes; increased appetite and weight gain (occasionally weight loss); endocrine side-effects such as testicular enlargement, gynaecomastia, galactorrhoea; also convulsions (see also Cautions), movement disorders and dyskinesias, dysarthria, paraesthesia, taste disturbances, tinnitus, fever, agranulocytosis, leucopenia, eosinophilia, purpura, thrombocytopenia, hyponatraemia

Legislation forms a framework which all care homes must adhere to; this is carried out in many guises and includes many parliamentary acts such as human rights act 1998 and the mental health act 1993, these acts are designed to protect and promote rights and responsibilities of people within a care setting. There are also provisions under other acts to protect and ensure rights to specific group’s equal pay, sex discrimination, race relations and disability discrimination.

This means that it will cause your heart to beat slower, with less force against your blood vessels. Common side effects are lethargy and fatigue. Some of

Muscarinic effects involve miosis, hypersecretion by sweat, lacrimal, salivary, and bronchial glands. Bronchial glands effects can lead to nausea, vomiting, bronchoconstriction, diarrhea, bradycardia, crampy abdominal pains,

Possible adverse reactions to cefotaxime is diarrhea, abdominal cramps, rash, pruritus, redness, oedema, allergic reaction and more (Bryant & Knights 2015, p. 932). Jenny complained of having itchiness and there was a red rash on her arm where the drug was administered. She is having a mild allergic response to the cefotaxime identified by the skin rash and pruritus (Parker et al. 2015, p. 905).

The signs and symptoms include persistent vomiting, increased salvia production, weight loss, dehydration, vertigo, and constipation.

Offences under the misuse of drugs act can include: “possession of a controlled drug, possession with intent to supply to another person, production, cultivation or manufacture of controlled drugs, offering to supply another person with a controlled drug, import or export of controlled drugs and allowing premises you occupy or manage to be used for the