For registered managers, nurses and senior carers who need to be clear about when medicines may be given covertly. The course covers the Mental Capacity Act 2005, capacity assessment, best-interests decisions and why the prescriber, pharmacy and family must be involved. It explains why crushing, dispersing or hiding a medicine in food or drink needs pharmacy advice for each person and each medicine, because it can change how the medicine works.
It also covers how the decision is recorded in the care plan and reviewed. Led by an MPharm-qualified trainer.
Who it's for
Built for your senior team
Senior carers
The staff who deliver and oversee care day to day — and set the standard everyone else on the rota follows.
Team leaders
Responsible for safe, compliant practice on every shift — including the shifts they don't work themselves.
Managers and leads
Accountable for the systems behind safe care — and for the evidence that shows those systems work when an inspector asks.
What you'll cover
What this course covers
For registered managers, nurses and senior carers who need to be clear about when medicines may be given covertly.
The course covers the Mental Capacity Act 2005, capacity assessment, best-interests decisions and why the prescriber, pharmacy and family must be involved.
It explains why crushing, dispersing or hiding a medicine in food or drink needs pharmacy advice for each person and each medicine, because it can change how the medicine works.
It also covers how the decision is recorded in the care plan and reviewed.
Led by an MPharm-qualified trainer.
These themes are drawn from the published course description — not a fixed, lesson-by-lesson syllabus. We confirm the exact content with you before your session.
CQC alignment
The quality statements this course supports
Supports your CQC evidence for Medicines Optimisation (S8) and Consent to Care and Treatment (E7) — helping senior staff take part in, record and review covert medication decisions within the Mental Capacity Act.
S8 — Medicines optimisation“We make sure that medicines and treatments are safe and meet people’s needs.”
E7 — Consent to care and treatment“We support people to make informed decisions about their care and treatment and respect their human rights if they lack capacity to make their own decisions.”
S4 — Involving people to manage risks“We work with people to understand and manage risks by thinking holistically so that care meets their needs in a way that is safe and supportive.”
W5 — Governance, management and sustainability“We have clear responsibilities, roles, systems of accountability and good governance.”
What you receive
The record of what each person can do
Every course returns the same paperwork the same week — a documented record that each person was assessed, not just that they attended:
Certificate of competence for every delegate, issued on the day
Competency record for every delegate, opened within 48 hours
Personal action plan each delegate keeps
CPD record entry for every delegate's own portfolio
Training summary report for the home, plus trainer credentials
When you are asked how you know your staff are competent, this is the answer.
Certificates arrive on the day. The rest — the signed register, the competency records, the CPD entries and the summary report — comes back to you in the same week. We chase the forms, not you.
What delegates say
From the training room
The tutor delivered the training in a clear, professional, and engaging manner. All topics were explained thoroughly, with practical examples that made the learning easy to understand and apply. I would strongly recommend this trainer and training provider to others.
Care ProfessionalKent
Feedback from delegates trained by our founder across care settings in London and Kent, prior to establishing Life Care Training (2025–2026).
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