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Guidance is available for people working in the care sector with adults including care assistants and health support staff. It tells them how to assist service users to safely receive their medication. It sets a framework to help staff to undertake their responsibilities with confidence and the limitations to that responsibility, under suitable clinical governance.
For more information:
- Home care support for medicine management in the community - Version 7 - July 2006 (PDF 74KB)
- Cumbria Competence and Training - Assisting Service Users with Prescribed Medication - Category 1 - General Support including prompting and assisting (PDF 162KB)
- Cumbria Competence and Training - Assisting Service Users with Prescribed Medication Category 2 Sections 1 and 2 (PDF 178KB)