Medicines competency assessment guide for adult social care settings

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Medicines competency assessment guide for adult social care settings

Provider: Skills for Care

This guide has been designed to be used when assessing competency relating to managing and administering medicines in adult social care settings. It includes template recording tools that aim to support care providers to improve patient safety.

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