Medication
Here you will find a selection of resources and pharmacy guidance to supporting safe and effective medication management in the care home.
- 7 Steps to Appropriate Polypharmacy
- Care Home Pharmacy Resource - TURAS
- Care Inspectorate Guidance about medication personal plans review monitoring and record keeping in residential care settings
- Care Inspectorate: Report on the medicines improvement project
- Diabetes MCN Resource
- Medication Sick Day Guidance Training for Care Homes
- Pharmacy First
- Pharmacy Lists - NHS Inform
- Polypharmacy: Manage Medicines
- Polypharmacy Guidance Realistic Prescribing
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Guidance on the Administration of Medicines in Healthcare Settings (Residential Care Homes Only)
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Polypharmacy
- Scottish Guidance for Repurposing Medicines in Care Homes and Hospices
- Waste Management