Medication - Approved Medication for Children Services - Learning and Development courses

Accredited by the College of Pharmacy Practice to national minimum standards and written to meet the skill set laid out by Skills for Care.

By the end of the course participants will have covered the following:

• What is a drug?
• What is medicine?
• Legislation and medication
• Legal categories of medicine
• Know the different forms of medicines and routes of administration
• Look at the importance of strength, dosage, frequency and timing of medication
• Know what should appear in a medicine label
• policy on medication
• The law and handling medicines
• Ordering and receiving prescriptions
• Storage of medicines
• Disposal of medicines
• Administering specifics forms of medicines
• Records for medicines
• Children and their medication
• Managing long term condition in children
• Medicines administration errors
• Monitoring after medicines administration
• Side effects
• Management of controlled drugs
• Handling non prescribed controlled drugs and their disposal
• Topics commonly encountered in children and young adults
• Sources of information

For external delegates to the Hull City Council this course will come at a charge of £58+VAT per person.

Aimed at residential, community and disability workers.

• Monday 17 March 2025 9:30am to 4:30pm
• Monday 24 March 2025 9:30am to 4:30pm

Hull City Council Staff

Log on to OLM (Oracle Learning Management System) to enrol.

External to Hull City Council

Complete the online application form (opens in a new window).