Controlled drugs in home care Care Quality Commission

Table of Content

• Location of the controlled drugs cupboard
• Role of Healthcare Improvement
• Administration of Controlled Drugs
• Recommendations
• Course Search

Supports the review of the use of compliance aids/monitored dose systems. Includes advice and guidance on changing to a system where medicines are administered/ dispensed in original packs. Controlled drugs that have not been issued or dispensed to a patient, but are kept by the healthcare provider or health professional for administration or supply.

The recommendations in this section are for all health professionals administering controlled drugs unless otherwise stated. Follow locally agreed processes for reviewing anticipatory prescribing of controlled drugs in primary care and palliative care services. Determine the type of review needed on a case‑by‑case basis, including the ongoing clinical need and, where practicable, the expiry dates of any controlled drugs already stored by the person. Non‑healthcare settings, such as schools, should have systems and processes in place for storing, recording and transporting controlled drugs that belong to a person who is under the organisation's supervision. Develop a controlled drugs policy and standard operating procedures for storing, transporting, destroying and disposing of controlled drugs.

Location of the controlled drugs cupboard

Ensure that national medicines safety guidance about controlled drugs, such as patient safety alerts, are incorporated into policy and acted on within a specified or locally agreed timeframe. Liaise with the local NHS England lead controlled drugs accountable officer and local intelligence network members. Designated bodies must appoint a controlled drugs accountable officer, who will quality assure processes for managing controlled drugs in their organisation, in line with Regulation 8 of the Controlled Drugs Regulations 2013. These recommendations were developed using UK controlled drugs legislation and regulations, as amended and updated up to the end of 2015. Organisations and health and social care practitioners should refer to the most recent legislation and regulations (see the government's legislation website). Ensure controlled drugs safe custody by recording in the controlled drugs register and the role and requirements of the witness.

There is no extra requirement for controlled drugs to be treated differently if people are self administering them. And they must be on the specialist register of the General Medical Council. Staff collecting controlled drugs from a pharmacy may be asked to provide personal identification.

Role of Healthcare Improvement

These records should include the site of application and the frequency of rotation of the site. Care homes without nursing must not hold stocks of controlled drugs. They can only hold controlled drugs prescribed and dispensed for an individual person. You must record any movement of a schedule 2 controlled drug in a controlled drugs register. We hope this guide has given you all the information you need on how medicines are administered in a care home, and by who.

These would be intended for use when a normal supply might not be possible. The decision to place medicines in care homes as anticipatory stock needs to be balanced with the impact of increased demand on the medicines supply chain. If you store controlled drugs in a safe, store them in a separate container within the safe. You must also show how the safe complies with the safe custody regulations.

Administration of Controlled Drugs

If care staff are supporting people with food grade cannabis products for their own (or a relative's) use, the service should do their own risk assessment. You should assess what medicines support a person needs as part of their general assessment. You should separate unwanted or out-of-date controlled drugs from current stock. Store them in the controlled drugs cupboard until they are returned to the community pharmacy for destruction. If an individual is self-administering controlled drugs, a risk assessment should consider where the controlled drugs will be stored.

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If you’re starting your care home search; for yourself or for a loved one; checking that any medicines you take will be taken care of by staff is vital. For more information on care homes, why not get in touch, or take a look at our FAQs. Keeping track of the medical records of care home residents is vital to ensure that each individual is being given the correct medication at the right times of the day.

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Examples include morphine sulfate solution (Oramorph®) 10mg/5mL, zopiclone, codeine and benzodiazepines. This bulletin covers good practice for safe and effective transfer of care between different care settings. It offers advice on the required information around medicines and changes in medicines as well as using support services available through community pharmacists. A standard operating procedure specifies in writing what should be done, when, where and by whom in order to manage safely and accountably any set of processes.

Tell the person having the controlled drug the name and dose of the drug before it is administered, unless the circumstances prevent this. Prescribe enough of a controlled drug to meet the person's clinical needs for no more than 30 days. If, under exceptional circumstances, a larger quantity is prescribed, the reasons for this should be documented in the person's care record. Ask about and take into account any existing supplies the person has of 'when required' controlled drugs. Be prepared to discuss the prescribing decision with other health professionals if further information is requested about the prescription. Requisitions of supplied controlled drugs should be kept by organisations for 2 years from the date on the requisition, in line with Regulation 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.