10.1 All medication must be kept for seven days following the death of an individual.
10.2 After seven days the medications must be returned to the pharmacy.
Domiciliary Care workers will not keep or dispose of any medicines. This is the responsibility of the next of kin/representative or the police/coroner.
In the event of the death of an individual all paperwork should be immediately returned to the Domiciliary Care Co-ordinator. This should include all paperwork relating to medication.
Day centre staff will return any medicines held for safe keeping to the individual's next of kin /representative for them to hold for the mandatory seven days, unless staff are responsible for holding and ordering medication.
Please refer to the following policies as appropriate:
Medication Administration in Residential Care (Section 17, disposal of medicines)
Medication Administration in the Community - Adult Placements (section 15, disposal of medicines)
Medication Administration in the Community - Domiciliary Care (section 14, Recording)
