Safe Handling of Medications
Medicines Management for Healthcare Staff
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: Nurses, healthcare assistants, support workers, care home staff, community carers, allied health professionals, pharmacists, and anyone involved in administering, storing, or recording medicines across primary care, community health, residential care, and social care settings.
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
Medication Safety and Management Training for Healthcare Staff
Course Details:
Medication handling is one of the most safety-critical aspects of healthcare practice. Errors in storage, administration, or record-keeping can lead to serious harm, yet most are preventable with the right training and safety culture.
This Safe Handling of Medication course gives healthcare staff the essential knowledge and confidence to manage medicines safely and effectively. The session explores legal responsibilities, professional accountability, and best practice in line with NICE, CQC, and Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidance.
Delivered by an experienced Clinical Nurse Educator, the course blends real-world examples with practical learning, supporting both new and experienced staff to strengthen competence and compliance in everyday medicines management.
Medication errors are one of the most common safety incidents in healthcare, with thousands reported every year to NHS England and the Care Quality Commission. According to NHS England (2024), over 200 million medication errors occur annually across primary and secondary care — many linked to documentation, communication, or procedural lapses. Training plays a vital role in reducing risk.
Learning Outcomes – Safe Handling of Medicines Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Describe key legislation and professional standards relating to medicines management.
- Apply the “6 Rights” of safe medication administration.
- Understand the differences between prescription-only, controlled, and over-the-counter medicines.
- Follow safe systems for ordering, storage, documentation, and disposal of medicines.
- Identify and respond to adverse drug reactions, errors, and near misses.
- Demonstrate good record-keeping and accountability in line with CQC and NMC expectations.
- Support safe practice through effective communication and person-centred care.
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligns with NICE NG5, CQC Fundamental Standards, NMC Code, and Medicines Act 1968.
"The training was clear, practical, and highly relevant to daily practice. The trainer was knowledgeable and engaging, with plenty of examples. I left more confident about safe storage, the rights of administration, documentation, and what to do if an error occurs! Thank you"
Senior Support Worker
Day Service Centre
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