Social workers responsible for assessing medicines support needs can access new elearning, designed to equip them with the necessary knowledge to reduce medication errors and improve overall care quality.   

This programme aims to address inconsistencies and mitigate patient risks associated with medicine management in the community.  A significant portion of the 237 million medication errors occurring annually within the NHS arise in adult social care settings. 

The training will enable social workers to ensure that care packages are tailored to individual needs which will decrease medication errors amongst informal carers and enhance patient safety.  

 The eLearning is made up of two sessions: 

• Assessing medicines support needs in adult social care 

• Assessing medicines support needs in adult social care – Case Studies and assessment 

 Access the Assessing Medicines Support Needs in adult social care (AMN) elearning