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Use of Medication in Care Homes (HTML format)

  • Departments: 

  • Department of Health

Document type: 

Circular/letter

Date of publication: 

7 January 2010


Summary: 

This letter describes recently published research commissioned by the Department of Health as part of the patient safety programme. The research identified considerable scope for improvement of prescription, dispensing, administration and monitoring of medicines in care homes.

  • Subjects: 

  • Health, well-being and care

  • Regions: 

  • National



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