Medication Audit Service

Raising care standards with medication audits

Female carrying out medication audit at care home

Peace of mind for healthcare professionals

Is your organisation due for an inspection? 

It’s hard to keep track of guidance, compliance and legislation changes in the care industry. 

Medication audit overview

A medication audit is valuable when it comes to ensuring medication is handled appropriately in your care environment and remains fully compliant ahead of Care Quality Commission (CQC) and OFSTED inspections.

An audit will quickly identify areas that need improving to reduce medication errors, to prepare for inspection visits and avoid unnecessary CQC warnings and negative reviews.

Audit content

A friendly, qualified pharmacist will visit your organisation to conduct a thorough review. Care procedures will be assessed to ensure they meet legal and ethical requirements, policies reviewed to ensure that they are correct and that medicines administration records are accurate. A medication audit will include:

  • Label inspection
  • Medication policies
  • Medicines storage and disposal
  • Controlled drugs
  • Medicine self-administration
  • Medication round observation
  • Record keeping
  • Error reporting
  • Risk assessment
  • Medication training and competency assessment
  • Home remedies and non-prescribed medication

Following our medication audit, you will gain a comprehensive report of competence excellence and a checklist of how to make improvements. Recommendations for best practice, improving record keeping documents and policies will be provided.

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Who can benefit from a medication audit?

Any organisation providing social care or medical support will benefit from a medication audit. Implementing recommendations including robust record keeping systems help organisations to improve processes and competencies, and demonstrate continual improvement to quality standards inspectors.

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How much will a medication audit cost?

A medication audit carried out by an expert pharmacist for a single care home or medical unit, home care service or care home group. The fee includes advice issued on-site, a detailed report, paperwork resources, follow-up recommendations and continued electronic or telephone support from our team.

Costs will vary depending upon the size of the home or company.

Please contact us to discuss.

Why use Momentum People?

Momentum People’s medication audits are conducted by pharmacist experts who are trained in dealing with complex medicines, conditions and situations within health, social care and education environments.

Join thousands of healthcare organisations that have already benefited from a Momentum People medication audit.

To book or ask a question call 0330 100 2821 or email training@momentumpeople.co.uk