Issue - meetings

The Board received the new overarching Medication Policy which applied to Halton Borough Council Adult Social Care Services, with responsibility for administering medication.  The item was presented by Katherine O’Loughlin – Care Home Medicines Management Technician and Zoe Mason – Care Home Medicines Management Pharmacist, NHS Halton CCG.

It was reported that Halton’s current overarching Medication Policy (2014-17) and associated service specific procedures ran until August 2017.  It was therefore necessary to develop a new collection of documents.  The Medicines Management Team within the CCG had led this work due to the technical knowledge required to appropriately advise services of safe and effective practice. 

Details of the development of the new policy were provided in the report and the draft Medication Policy was attached at appendix A.

The Board discussed certain elements of medication such as blister packaging; wastage; the numbers of tablets given to patients with each prescription and dispensing anomalies when medication was increased.  Overall the Board welcomed the report and new Medication Policy.

RESOLVED:  That the Board note the contents of the report and associated appendices and comments made in relation to this.