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Safe Handling of Medication Training Courses

This course is designed for health and social care staff who vulnerable individuals rely upon to administer and handle their medication. Vulnerable people could include older people, people with reduced mental capacity, reduced mobility, with a sensory impairment or anyone that needs help to take their medication.

Want to ensure your staff are properly trained to store, handle and administer medication? We offer training from our centre in Carlisle, Cumbria or at your workplace. Evening and weekend training can also be organised on request. Fill out our contact form to arrange your staff’s safe handling of medication training or give us a call on 01228 538016 to book now.

Incorrectly administering medicine can result in ill health of patients, and in many instances, death. So, proper training is vital to fulfil responsibility to your patients and avoid prosecution.

As part of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, it’s stipulated that arrangements should be made for the recording, handling, safe keeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines used in the personal care of clients. Our course is designed specifically to give relevant staff further knowledge to ensure they safely handle medications within the workplace.

What does our Safe Handling of Medication course cover?

This course is covered during a half day workshop session consisting of group activity work, theoretical work and personal reflection. All participants will receive a handout with information pertinent to the safe handling of medication.

Topics covered on the course are:

  • Understanding legislation and guidelines
  • Understanding safeguarding in relation to medication
  • The 3 levels of support
  • Understanding classes of medicine
  • The legal categories of medicines
  • Understanding consent in relation to medicines
  • How to order, store and dispose of medicines
  • Keeping accurate and appropriate records
  • The dos and don'ts of administration
  • Understanding what a medicine is and how it works
  • Understanding formulation, dose instructions and names of medicines
  • Administering medicines
  • Understanding common side effects and adverse reactions

On completing training successfully, learners will be issued with a certificate.

Why use FMC to train your staff in Safe Medication Handling?

With a vast experience across industries and in the Health and Social Care Sector, FMC are well-equipped to deliver Safe Handling of Medication training. FMC director, Fiona Carruthers, has over 18 years' experience training across various organisations and working within the Health and Social Care Sector since 1986. FMC Knowledge and Skills makes Fiona the ideal choice to organise or deliver your medication awareness training.

All our training courses are a benchmark for quality. Further to this, FMC are internally and externally quality assured throughout the year and undertake robust annual inspections.

Our training is also flexible to meet your requirements. If our Carlisle training centre isn't convenient for you and your staff, then we will arrange to carry out training in your workplace. Usually, our courses are delivered Monday to Friday 9.00 - 16.30, but if this isn't suitable, we'll deliver courses on evenings and weekends. To make training as applicable as possible, we tailor it to your specific organisation so that it is highly relevant.

So, want FMC to help ensure your staff are trained in compliance with safe handling of medication legislation? We'll deliver training that makes sure they are properly trained in a friendly environment. Get in touch via our contact form to arrange Safe Handling of Medication training or give us a call on 01228 538016 /Mob: 07776 428 563 to book now.

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