Medication: Pharmacology and Medicines Act
Questions for Unit 4222-616
Include examples from your work role if appropriate in your answers.
1. Identify the legislation that governs the use of medication in your work place, briefly state how and what they cover also how they influence policies, procedures and agreed ways of working. (616 LO 1.1)
There are several legislations which are used in my workplace such as a The National Minimum Standards (NMS) registered under the Care Standards Act 2000. This NMS legislation covers all the rights the service user to deal with their medication by themselves, if that is appropriate, and states who is then responsible for administrating them (with the regulation of Medicines Act 1968), store, report, register etc, so basically, at my workplace on base of NMS, there are policies and work standards which tells how and who is responsible for medication to the residents, if they are not capable to administrate them. Person responsible for medication needs to have a training and have a knowledge about the legislations and policies, needs to been able to contact a Doctor and Pharmacy and order or to know how to dispose medication, etc. There are as well in use at my workplace The Medicines Act 1968, The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971), The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (1973), The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation (COSHH) (1999) and not least but very important Hazardous Waste Regulation (2005). All of them they are used in my workplace to create policies and guideline for all who work with elderly and how and carry on duty while dealing with medication and controlled drugs, etc.
2. Describe the common types of medication used by your service users and their effects and potential side effects. (616 LO2.1)
Most of medicines used at my work place are prescribed drugs, such as a tablets, liquids, creams, oral solutions, gels, patches, etc. They are all prescribed usually by the Doctor and
Include examples from your work role if appropriate in your answers.
1. Identify the legislation that governs the use of medication in your work place, briefly state how and what they cover also how they influence policies, procedures and agreed ways of working. (616 LO 1.1)
There are several legislations which are used in my workplace such as a The National Minimum Standards (NMS) registered under the Care Standards Act 2000. This NMS legislation covers all the rights the service user to deal with their medication by themselves, if that is appropriate, and states who is then responsible for administrating them (with the regulation of Medicines Act 1968), store, report, register etc, so basically, at my workplace on base of NMS, there are policies and work standards which tells how and who is responsible for medication to the residents, if they are not capable to administrate them. Person responsible for medication needs to have a training and have a knowledge about the legislations and policies, needs to been able to contact a Doctor and Pharmacy and order or to know how to dispose medication, etc. There are as well in use at my workplace The Medicines Act 1968, The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971), The Misuse of Drugs Regulations (1973), The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation (COSHH) (1999) and not least but very important Hazardous Waste Regulation (2005). All of them they are used in my workplace to create policies and guideline for all who work with elderly and how and carry on duty while dealing with medication and controlled drugs, etc.
2. Describe the common types of medication used by your service users and their effects and potential side effects. (616 LO2.1)
Most of medicines used at my work place are prescribed drugs, such as a tablets, liquids, creams, oral solutions, gels, patches, etc. They are all prescribed usually by the Doctor and