Medication Ordering Cycle
This updated good practice guidance, produced by the Herts Valleys CCG and East & North Herts CCG care home pharmacy teams, covers the key stages involved in a 28 day medication cycle, providing a framework for care home staff, community pharmacies and GP practices to ensure a safe and efficient process for the ordering, prescribing and supply of medicines. The document also includes a template communication sheet, which can be used by care home staff to notify their community pharmacy about mid-cycle and acute prescriptions.
Refer to the Herts Valleys CCG website and East & North Herts CCG website for the full range of medicines guidance documents available for care home staff.
Reducing medicines waste
The care home pharmacy team at Herts Valleys CCG, and East and North Herts CCG, have developed guidance on reducing medicines waste in care homes. The guidance contains key top tips to support care home staff and prescribers to reduce unnecessary medicines waste in care homes, and also includes expiry date guidelines for care home staff. It is important that there are effective systems and processes in place to ensure that medicines are managed appropriately to reduce avoidable medicines waste, and therefore to allow effective use of NHS resources.
The guidance can be found via the following link for CCG guidance. Many factors can contribute to medicines waste in care homes, and a joint effort involving the care homes, community pharmacies and GP practices required. The guidance has been sent to all GP practices and community pharmacies within Herts Valleys CCG. Please share this guidance with all relevant staff within your care home.
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Useful Resources
| Herts Valley CCG – Medication Ordering Cycle for Care Homes | Click here |
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| Herts Valley CCG – Medication Ordering Cycle for Care Homes: Appendix 1 – Communication template | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Carrying Medication Forward in Care Homes | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Reducing Medicines Waste in Care Homes | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Setting up Online Ordering of Medication | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Proxy Access Request and Removal of Access Set Up Form | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Care Home and GP SOP Proxy Access Consent Form | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Proxy Access Consent Form | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – TPP SYSTMOne User guide for Ordering Medication online by Proxy Access | Click here |
| East and North Herts CCG – Questions and Answers for Care Homes | Click here |
| Waste Reduction in Care Homes – Webinar 02.09.20 | Click here |
| Waste Reduction in Care Homes – Webinar Slides 02.09.20 | Click here |