{"id":19748,"date":"2022-11-09T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caredocs.co.uk\/caredocs-update-v4-8-0-including-new-audit-tools-improved-breathing-care-assessment\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:35:45","slug":"caredocs-update-v4-8-2-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caredocs.co.uk\/caredocs-update-v4-8-2-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"CareDocs update (v4.8.2) including medicine competency assessment & password settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This update features new medicine compliance tools & system security enhancements<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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We\u2019re excited to announce that v4.8.2 is now ready to download. Our latest software release introduces new tools to support compliance with medicine competency, security-enhancing features and body map form improvements.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Management of medicines<\/strong><\/h4>

Staff assessment form<\/strong><\/p>

A new Management of Medicines Competency Assessment has been added to help care services demonstrate regulatory compliance in regard to handling medicines.<\/p>

NICE<\/a> guidance (NG67<\/a> and\u00a0SC1)<\/a> recommends that the knowledge, skills and competencies of care staff who support service users with medicines are reviewed annually.\u00a0The new staff assessment will provide verifiable evidence of full compliance, with completed forms stored for record-keeping purposes.<\/p>

Policy & procedure<\/strong><\/p>

Our Management of Medicines policy and procedure<\/a> document has been updated to provide general guidance to managers and staff on the safe management of medicines in care settings. It also contains guidance on completing the competency assessment mentioned above.<\/p>

New subjects that have been added include:<\/p>