Training care workers to safely administer medicines in care homes
8 January 2009
This guidance gives our inspectors a guide to good practice in how care providers should train care workers to safely administer medicines in care homes. The guidance covers:
- what the regulations and national minimum standards say
- who is allowed to give medicines to residents
- the different levels of training
- what training can be offered ‘in house'
- what place NVQ training has
- how this applies to care homes registered for nursing care
- what an inspector should look for.
Download the guidance
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Please note
All guidance with references to the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) are superseded by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are valid for you to use.
