Respite Medication Module

Provides staff who work in Respite Care; with sufficient knowledge to enable the safe & effective administration of medicines. The module gives an end-to-end description of medicines management covering the legal framework of medication; the law around prescriptions & once they have completed the relevant module; they will have knowledge of drugs & medicines; the actions of medicines on the body & their side effects. All the legal aspects of medication handling; responsibility & accountability are also covered & the implications to the attendees if they fail in their duty of care.