Escalation of all urgent medicines findings directly to your Registered Manager
Medicines support is one of the most heavily scrutinised areas of care provision, and for good reason. Errors in MAR charts, missing PRN protocols, poor recording, or gaps in staff competency can all create serious risk for providers and the people they support.
Our Medicines Management Audit service helps providers review their medicines systems with greater confidence. We look not just at the paperwork itself, but at whether the wider governance arrangements around medicines are strong enough to support safe practice and good oversight.
Where issues are identified, we don’t just flag them — we explain what they mean, why they matter, and what needs to happen to resolve them. Urgent findings are escalated to the Registered Manager the same day.
Every audit covers the full picture – from individual MAR charts to the governance arrangements that sit around them.
A structured review of Medicines Administration Records for all service users receiving medicines support - checking for accuracy, completeness, gaps in recording, and unexplained omissions.
Each PRN medicine is checked to confirm a current, individualised protocol is in place - covering indication, dosage, frequency, and maximum dose - ensuring staff have what they need to administer safely.
Controlled drug records are reviewed to verify that double-signature requirements are being met consistently - a common area of non-compliance during CQC inspection.
We review recorded medicines errors and incidents to assess whether they have been managed appropriately - including documentation, investigation, reporting, and follow-up action taken.
We verify that staff administering medicines hold current competency sign-offs and appropriate training - identifying gaps before they become a regulatory concern.
A structured monthly report covering all audit findings, trends, and recommended actions -delivered to the Registered Manager with same-day escalation of any urgent or high-risk issues identified.
A structured medicines audit helps reduce the risk of errors, improve accountability, and highlight where further action is needed — before those gaps become a safeguarding concern, a CQC finding, or both. It also provides valuable evidence that medicines are being monitored properly as part of a safe and well-led service.
Where a serious medicines error, missing protocol, or competency gap is identified, the Registered Manager is notified the same day - required action.
We’ll review your current medicines governance position, identify the highest-risk gaps, and show you exactly what a structured audit cycle looks like – at no cost and no commitment.
Free 30-min assessment. No commitment. No pressure.