Medication Administration Support Service

Description

This award if for the Medication Administration Support Service.
Medicines support is any support that enables a person to manage their medicines. This covers prompting or reminding people to take their medicines; helping people remove medicines from packaging; and administering some or all of a person's medicines. 
The provider will: 
•	Assess what medicines support a person needs as part of their general assessment and record the outcome of the assessment in the care plan. 
•	Where a person needs support with their medicines, the provider will record the following details in their care plan: 
o	the person's needs and preferences 
o	the person's expectations for confidentiality and advance care planning 
o	how you will seek consent 
o	details of who to contact about their medicines - this can be the person needing support or a contact they choose 
o	what support they need for each medicine 
o	how the medicines support will be given 
o	who provides medicines support, particularly when more than one care provider is involved 
o	when the medicines support will be reviewed - e.g. after six weeks. 
o	Staff who assess people's medicines support need to be trained and competent to do so 
o	only take responsibility for people's medicines where the assessment indicates there is a need. 
Services will usually be delivered in patients own homes, these will be located within all areas of Milton Keynes, including villages.