CIW Medicines Management Audit - Care Homes
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N/A counts as Yes (full credit). Unanswered reduces the score until completed.
Breakdown
0 Yes •0 No •0 N/A •21 Unanswered
Answers Overview
Questions
0/21 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current medicines policy and procedure that reflects legislation, national guidance and the needs set out in the service's statement of purpose?
Evidence to check
- • Current medicines policy and procedure, with review date and version control
- • Evidence the policy reflects current national guidance and the service's statement of purpose
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Governance: Are responsibilities for ordering, receiving, storage, administration, records, disposal and oversight clearly allocated to suitably competent staff?
Evidence to check
- • Named roles and responsibilities for medicines management
- • Staff duty allocations, escalation arrangements and competency records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Governance: Are medicines incidents, omissions, errors and near misses reported, investigated, shared for learning and followed up through the quality-assurance process?
Evidence to check
- • Medicines incident, error, omission and near-miss records
- • Investigation, learning, action-plan and impact-check records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Person-centred care: Does each person's care and support plan record their medicines needs, known allergies, preferences, capacity considerations and the support they require?
Evidence to check
- • Sample care and support plans, medicines records and allergy information
- • Capacity, consent and risk-assessment records where relevant
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Person-centred care: Are people supported to understand and, where safe and appropriate, independently manage their own medicines with relevant professional input?
Evidence to check
- • Risk assessments and plans supporting self-administration
- • Evidence of discussion with the person, pharmacist, prescriber or other relevant professional
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Person-centred care: Where covert administration is used, is there a current best-interest decision, appropriate professional authorisation, a clear care-plan record and regular review?
Evidence to check
- • Current mental-capacity and best-interest documentation
- • Covert medicines plan, pharmacist or prescriber advice and review record
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Ordering and receipt: Are prescriptions, repeat orders and deliveries checked promptly so each person receives the correct medicines without avoidable delay?
Evidence to check
- • Prescription, repeat-order, delivery and outstanding-medicines records
- • Evidence of action taken for delays, shortages or discrepancies
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Ordering and receipt: Are medicines reconciled when a person is admitted, returns from hospital or another setting, or when a prescription changes?
Evidence to check
- • Admission, transfer, discharge and prescription-change reconciliation records
- • Communication with the pharmacy, prescriber or hospital team
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Storage: Are medicines stored securely, separately for each person where appropriate, and protected from unauthorised access, damage, expiry or unsuitable temperatures?
Evidence to check
- • Observation of medicine storage areas, fridge temperatures and access controls
- • Expiry-date and storage-condition checks
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Storage: Where controlled drugs are held, are they stored, recorded, checked and disposed of in line with current legal and professional requirements?
Evidence to check
- • Controlled-drug register, stock checks and discrepancy records where applicable
- • Secure storage and witnessed disposal records where applicable
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Administration: Do sampled medicines administration records accurately show the prescribed medicine, dose, route, time, staff signature and any reason for non-administration?
Evidence to check
- • Sample medicines administration records and current prescriptions
- • Records of omissions, refusals and reasons for non-administration
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Administration: Do staff follow safe practice before, during and after administration, including checking identity, prescription directions, allergies and the person's consent or best-interest arrangements?
Evidence to check
- • Observed administration practice or competency observation records
- • Identity, allergy, consent and best-interest checks in care records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Administration: Are prescribed 'when required' medicines supported by clear protocols that explain the indication, dose limits, minimum intervals, monitoring and when to seek advice?
Evidence to check
- • Current PRN protocols linked to prescriptions and care plans
- • Records of administration, effect, review and escalation
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Administration: Are medicines given by specialised routes, such as patches, eye drops, inhalers or enteral feeding tubes, administered only by staff trained and assessed as competent for that task?
Evidence to check
- • Task-specific training and competency assessments
- • Care plans, administration records and professional instructions for specialised routes
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ15 | Unanswered
Records and review: Are stock balances, administration records and prescription changes checked routinely, with discrepancies escalated and resolved promptly?
Evidence to check
- • Stock counts, MAR checks, prescription-change records and discrepancy logs
- • Evidence that discrepancies were escalated and resolved
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ16 | Unanswered
Records and review: Are medicines reviewed with the prescriber or pharmacist when needed, including following concerns, side effects, repeated PRN use or changes in a person's condition?
Evidence to check
- • Medication review records, pharmacist advice and prescriber correspondence
- • Monitoring records for side effects, repeated PRN use or changes in condition
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ17 | Unanswered
Disposal: Are unwanted, discontinued or expired medicines segregated, recorded and returned or disposed of safely without delay?
Evidence to check
- • Records of discontinued, expired and returned medicines
- • Secure segregation and disposal arrangements
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ18 | Unanswered
Workforce: Do staff receive medicines training, practical competency assessment and refresher support before they administer, manage or support people with medicines?
Evidence to check
- • Medicines training matrix, induction records and refresher dates
- • Practical competency assessments and supervision records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ19 | Unanswered
Workforce: Where staff undertake delegated medicines-related tasks, are delegation, training, competence and professional accountability documented and kept under review?
Evidence to check
- • Delegation documentation and relevant professional instructions
- • Task-specific training, competency and review records
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ20 | Unanswered
Assurance: Does the service complete regular medicines audits that sample practice, records, storage and outcomes, with actions tracked to completion and checked for effectiveness?
Evidence to check
- • Recent medicines audits covering practice, records, storage and outcomes
- • Action plans, completion evidence and effectiveness checks
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ21 | Unanswered
Assurance: Do medicines audit findings, incidents and feedback contribute to the service's wider quality of care review and demonstrate improvements for people using the home?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report and medicines trend analysis
- • Evidence of sustained improvement following medicines audit findings
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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