Managing medicines in care homes

Commissioners

1.1.1, 1.3.2, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 1.6.3, 1.7.3, 1.15.4

Care home providers

1.1.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.7, 1.4.2, 1.6.2, 1.6.5, 1.6.9, 1.6.11, 1.7.2, 1.9.8, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.10.5, 1.11.2, 1.12.1 (providers of adult care homes), 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.5, 1.12.6, 1.13.4 (providers of adult care homes), 1.13.5 (providers of children's care homes), 1.13.6, 1.13.7, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.5, 1.14.8, 1.14.9, 1.14.10, 1.14.17, 1.14.18, 1.16.1, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3, 1.17.5

Providers of health or social care services

1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 1.7.3

Care home manager

1.7.1, 1.13.3

Care home staff (registered nurses and social care practitioners working in care homes)

Recommendations for health and social care practitioners also apply to care home staff

1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.3.8, 1.5.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.8, 1.6.10, 1.9.4, 1.9.7, 1.12.4, 1.13.1, 1.14.3, 1.14.6, 1.14.7, 1.14.11, 1.14.13, 1.14.14, 1.14.15, 1.14.16, 1.16.2, 1.17.4

Health and social care practitioners (care home staff, social workers, case managers, GPs, pharmacists and community nurses)

1.2.1, 1.2.4, 1.2.7, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.4.1, 1.5.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.9.3, 1.13.2, 1.14.19, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 1.15.3

Health professionals prescribing medicines

1.2.2, 1.9.2, 1.9.5, 1.14.4

Pharmacists

Recommendations for health and social care practitioners also apply to pharmacists

1.14.4

Supplying pharmacy

1.9.5

Health professionals who are visiting the care home to administer a medicine(s) to residents

1.14.12

Health professionals working in, or providing services to, care homes

1.17.6

GPs

Recommendations for health and social care practitioners also apply to GPs

1.8.1, 1.8.2

GP practices

1.9.1