Important notice:
From 15th May 2012, the team delivering the work of the NPC will form the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Centre and will sit alongside the Clinical Guidelines team within the Centre for Clinical Practice.
As part of NICE, all future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing home page.
Self administration of medicines
NPC legacy site
Although no new Medicines and prescribing content will be published to the NPC legacy website, the extensive catalogue of existing publications, resources and e-learning materials will still be available to view and download for as long as the information contained within them remains accurate and up-to-date. All future Medicines and prescribing outputs will be published on the NICE website and signposted from the Medicines and prescribing homepage.
Self-administration of medicines (SAM’s) is very useful as it enables patients in hospital to manage their medication in a way that mirrors their home situation and allows an assessment of the way they will cope after discharge.
Find out more information about the ‘self-administration of medicines’ and learn more about the levels of supervision for self-administration of medicines, the benefits, the barriers, and what considerations are needed for setting up self-administration of medicines in hospital plus lots more by using the eLearning materials section and/or the other useful links and resources available on the left-hand side menu.
