Covert administration of medicines - Care Quality CommissionFacebookTwitterYouTube
Covert administration is when medicines are administered in a disguised format.
Administering medications covertly while ensuring compliance with the appropriate legal requirements can be a complex and challenging process for social care teams. This CQC guidance provides valuable support in this area.
cqc.org.uk/guidance-pro...
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Eid Mubarak to all members, friends & colleagues celebrating - warmest wishes from all at NPCHF
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Deprescribing Electronic Decision Support for Adults Living in Long-Term Care
This stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of long-term care home residents assesses the efficacy of an evidence-based electronic decision support tool for deprescribing potentially inappropriate med...
More evidence that structured approaches to drug management reduces the medicines 'burden' on individuals
"our intervention nudged prescribers to regularly reassess [potentially inappropriate medications], which is important as people age and goals of care shift"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Excited to share a fantastic webinar hosted by @npchf.bsky.social
1-2pm 10th June
CQC Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes
Expert speaker CQC meds inspector Candida Bradley #PharmacyTechnician
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NOT TO BE MISSED!!
@npchf.bsky.social members only webinar.
The one and only Anne Child MBE sharing her insights and experience on Dementia - A holistic approach.
Join us & register your #NPCHF membership here:
www.pcpa.org.uk/articles/pcp...
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In this months Spotlight Podcast @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app talks to our special guest, @drmahendrapatel.bsky.social, globally recognised, multi-award-winning pharmacist and academic leader.
Listen@https://www.pcpa.org.uk/resources/pcpa-spotlight-podcast-prof-mahendra-patel-obe
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Great to see that the wonderful National Pharmacy Care Home Faculty has arrived here @npchf.bsky.social
Pharmacy Excellence in Care Homes.
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