It is the responsibility of the Head of Medicines Management to ensure that the correct procedures for the safe handling, ordering, storage, transportation, administration and disposal of medicines and related preparations have done properly in every health and social care work place (NHS Wirral, PP). However, medication administration has generated a lot of concern in health and social care. Service users are at risk if medication is not administered in a safe and appropriate manner and giving wrong doses or wrong medicines could potentially prove to be fatal. Legislations Therefore, it is important to have legislations regarding medicine management and some of these include Medicines Act 1968, Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1971, Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1973, The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (COSHH) and Safe Handling Management and Administration of Medication in some organisations and care homes. …show more content…
The Medicine Act 1968 classifies medicines into three categories. Firstly, prescription-only medicines should be administered to a patient, through the instruction of an authorised doctor, dentist or nurse based on their prescriptions. Secondly, Pharmacy only medicines can be purchased from a registered primary care pharmacy, which sale supervised by the pharmacist. Thirdly, General Sale List Medicines can be obtained from retail outlets. The Misuse of drugs Act (1971) ensures that individually named patients are prescribed Control Drugs the same way they are prescribed other medication. Misuse of drugs can be dangerous and can lead to serious health consequences. The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations (1973) states that control drugs should be stored, recorded and disposed-off as it should be kept in the safe place that meets medication