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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................3P1 Current policy of legislation that governs the handling of medication in social caresettings. ..................................................................................................................................3TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4P2 Explain the roles and responsibilities of those involved in supporting use of medication. ..4TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................4P3 Explain how information about the individual's medication can be accessed. ................4P4 Describe the routes through which medication can be administrated...............................6P5 Identify different forms through which medication can be presented. ............................6P6 Explain how equipment can assist in the administration of medication. .........................6TASK 4 ...........................................................................................................................................7P7 Data that must be recorded about he use of medication for individuals in care units. ....7TASK 5 ...........................................................................................................................................7P8 Explain the safe storage of different medications. ...........................................................7P9 Explain how to dispose of un-used or unwanted medications safely. ..............................8CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................8REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONHealth and Social Care Centres are highly sensitive organisations. It is critical to assesstheir working in order to keep patients motivated towards their lives. The main objective of suchorganisations is to ensure the well being of their service users so that they can recover fast andlive a productive life. Main aim of this assignment is to lay emphasis upon the support use ofmedication in social care centres. TASK 1 P1. Current policy of legislation that governs the handling of medication in social care settings Organisations like social care units, deal within a highly sensitive environment. It iscontinuously regulated by the government bodies and legislative norms in order to ensure thatthe work is conducted in the desired manner. There are various kinds of acts and norms has beenimplicated in order to make such organisations wok in the desired manner. The Medicines Act 1968: It is a United Kingdom, Act of Parliament that providesassessment to the medicines which are being used for the human beings in their treatment andthe medicines that are used by veterans. It regulates the manufacturing and supply of medicines.The Health Act 2006: It also the act of Parliament of United Kingdom, this act is usedfor regulating the number of changes that are being implemented in the National Health andService centres.The Controlled Drugs Regulations 2013: This act came into light on 1st April 2013 inEngland. The act was initiated to control the use of drugs by the Controlled Drug AccountableOfficers (CDAO). The Misuse of Drugs Act 2001: This act regulated the supply of drugs which are beingused for the legitimate purposes. This act allows the control of the special drugs which can besold without the authentication of the legal units as this includes safety custody, keeping recordsand dispensing the drugs. Care Quality Commission is the independent unit which regulates the services of socialhealth and care units in England. This commission keeps on monitoring the care homes, workingof the hospitals, dental practices and etc. While, on the other hand, Essential Standard of Qualityand Safety 2010 is the policy that is written to show how care services and combines with theregulation of the act in order to ensure the effective working of the care units (Berghoff, 2018).
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