Medicines administration legal framework

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Dear East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,

I am looking for information with regards to the legal frameworks relied upon in your service to carry, dispense and administer POMs.
In a CQC report "British Red Cross Society, British Red Cross, Birmingham" Date of inspection visit: 26 March and 5 June 2019, Date of publication: 25/10/2019 the CQC stated that. --" non-healthcare professionals carried prescription only medication, including salbutamol inhalers, salbutamol nebulisers and glycerol trinitrate (GTN) spray” and “The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 state that prescription only medication (POM) can be administered by any person providing that medication has been specifically prescribed for the individual."

1. Do your non-prescriber staff routinely carry, dispense and administer POMs.

2. For each administration of a POM by your non-prescriber staff has that medication has been specifically prescribed for the individual.

3. Has the CQC previously raised the issue of POM medication being administered having not been “specifically prescribed for the individual” to you in any previous inspection?

a. Can you provide any details of this, time frame, report title, response etc.

4. Do you have non-healthcare professionals whom respond on behalf of your service whom carry, dispense and administer POMs?

a. Can you clarify what medication these non-healthcare professionals carry?
b. Can you confirm the legal framework replied upon for these medicines to be administered (by medication name, class, GSL, P, POM and form parenteral / non- parenteral)?

Yours faithfully,

Norma Barrow

FOI, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Dear Norma

 

Further to your email dated 28th February 2021, please find the Trust's
response below.  Your request has been allocated the following reference:
32112, please could you quote this reference in any future correspondence
with the Trust.

 

I am looking for information with regards to the legal frameworks relied
upon in your service to carry, dispense and administer POMs.

 

In a CQC report "British Red Cross Society, British Red Cross, Birmingham"
Date of inspection visit: 26 March and 5 June 2019, Date of publication:
25/10/2019 the CQC stated that. --" non-healthcare professionals carried
prescription only medication, including salbutamol inhalers, salbutamol
nebulisers and glycerol trinitrate (GTN) spray” and “The Human Medicines
Regulations 2012 state that prescription only medication (POM) can be
administered by any person providing that medication has been specifically
prescribed for the individual."

 

1.      Do your non-prescriber staff routinely carry, dispense and
administer POMs.

           All clinicians carry and administer POMs inline with JRCALC and
local guidelines.

 

2.      For each administration of a POM by your non-prescriber staff has
that medication has been specifically prescribed for the individual.

            No, medication given for emergency use following Reg 17 & 19
of the Human Medicines Regulation 2012.

 

3.      Has the CQC previously raised the issue of POM medication being
administered having not been “specifically prescribed for the individual”
to you in any previous inspection?

            No

 

a.         Can you provide any details of this, time frame, report title,
response etc.

N/A

 

4.      Do you have non-healthcare professionals whom respond on behalf of
your service whom carry, dispense and administer POMs?

            Yes

 

a.         Can you clarify what medication these non-healthcare
professionals carry?

They all carry a full drugs bag in line with EEAST formulary.

 

b.         Can you confirm the legal framework replied upon for these
medicines to be administered (by medication name, class, GSL, P, POM and
form parenteral / non- parenteral)?

We use the Humans Medicine Regulation 2012, along with JRCALC and local
guidelines, with regards all medications used by any member of EEAST.

 

 

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Kind regards 

 

FoI Officer

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

 

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