Today's medication
Each round on the home's to-do list, with what is due and when.
Precinct Care
Medication records for children's homes and care services
Medicines given, refusals, PRN reasons, stock counts and controlled-drug second signatures, recorded on the tablet and signed with the worker's face.
Children's homes must keep a record of every medicine given to a young person (regulation 23 and Schedule 3 of the 2015 Regulations). Precinct Care keeps that record in the young person's file, next to their health needs and allergies.
Where we are: Precinct Care is in final development, shaped with registered managers, Responsible Individuals and Reg 44 independent persons. We are booking demonstrations now and taking a small number of pilot homes. The snippets on this page are from the working system, filled with made-up people and records.
What the medication record covers
Given and signed
Who gave it and when, signed with their face on a registered device.
Missed dose alerts
If nobody signs for a dose, the shift is alerted, then the manager by text, email and app, then the deputy and area manager.
Refusals and PRN
Refused doses and the reason for every as-needed dose.
Stock counts
Regular counts recorded, so gaps show early.
Controlled drugs
A controlled drugs register with two signatures for every dose. The witness has to be a different person from the one giving it, and stock updates as it goes.
Allergies first
Allergies show in red at the top of every file and on every trip.
Missed doses don't go unnoticed
If nobody has signed for a dose 30 minutes after it is due, the staff on shift and the shift lead get an app alert. After 60 minutes the registered manager is told by text, email and app, and after 120 minutes the deputy and the area manager on call. Each home sets its own times. Controlled drug refusals and errors go to the registered manager straight away, day or night.
Texts show the home, the young person's initials and the dose time only, never names or medicines, and the manager can reply OK to acknowledge. A manager can send themselves a test alert to check it reaches their phone.
Part of the whole record
Medication sits alongside health appointments, the young person's GP and dentist, and their health needs. Medication audits are part of the monthly checks, and the training matrix shows who is trained to give medicines.
Medication times appear on the home's calendar and shift handover, and the medication not given as planned report shows refused, missed and late doses for each young person.
For adult care services, the medicine record follows CQC expectations and sits with the person-centred care plan.
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