The following documents from The Department for Education/Health and NICE give guidance on important topics. Click on the link to read them.
Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions:
Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions: links to other useful resources
Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools:
Managing medicines in care homes:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/sc1/resources/managing-medicines-in-care-homes-61677133765
Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own homes
Managing Medicines for adults receiving social care in the community
This guideline covers medicines support for adults (aged 18 and over) who are receiving social care in the community. It aims to ensure that people who receive social care are supported to take and look after their medicines effectively and safely at home. It gives advice on assessing if people need help with managing their medicines, who should provide medicines support and how health and social care staff should work together.
Administration of medicines in care homes (with nursing) for older people by care assistants:
This guidance sets out good practice measures for the safe management and handling of medicines in care homes (with nursing) for older people by care assistants. The guidance includes:
Alzheimer’s Society www.alzheimers.org.uk
Asthma UK www.asthma.org.uk
British Heart Foundation www.bhf.org.uk
British Hypertension Society bhsoc.org
Consumer Health Information www.lihnn.nhs.uk
Children’s Medicines www.medicinesforchildren.co.uk
CQC Care Quality Commission www.cqc.org.uk Regulatory body for care settings
Diabetes UK www.diabetes.org.uk
Eczema Society www.eczema.org
Epilepsy Society www.epilepsysociety.org.uk
Medicines (info & patient leaflets) www.medicines.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.uk
MHRA Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency www.gov.uk/mhra Ensures safety of medicines & medical devices
NCF National Care Forum www.nationalcareforum.org.uk Information for care providers
NHS Choices www.nhs.uk
NICE The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence www.nice.org.uk Provides guidance on medicinal treatments, clinical practice and health promotion
NMC Nursing & Midwifery Council www.nmc-uk.org Nursing & midwifery regulator
Parkinson’s UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Patient Information Forum www.pifonline.org.uk
Patient Info http://patient.info
RPS Royal Pharmaceutical Society www.rpharms.com Membership/educational body for pharmacy. Provides guidance/resources e.g. “The Handling Of Medicines In Social Care”
Skills For Care www.skillsforcare.org.uk Council responsible for developing the skills & knowledge of the adult care workforce
Swallowing Difficulties www.swallowingdifficulties.com
Yellow Card Scheme https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk To report medicines adverse drug reactions