Safe Management and Administration of Medicines Certificate
Why you should study with us
Safe Management and Administration of Medicines
Medicines can improve health, relieve symptoms and help people maintain their independence. However, mistakes involving doses, timing, records or administration can cause serious harm. This course provides the underpinning knowledge staff need to support people with their medicines safely, confidently and in a person-centred way.
Designed for staff working in adult social care services in England, including care homes, supported living and homecare, the course explains the medicines-management cycle and the checks required before, during and after administration. It also covers roles and responsibilities, consent and mental capacity, self-administration, record keeping, PRN medicines, higher-risk situations, medication errors and escalation.
Please note: Completion of the course provides knowledge training but does not, by itself, confirm practical competence or authorise a learner to administer medicines.
Key topics in our Safe Management and Administration of Medicines course:
- Person-centred medicines support and the limits of the care worker's role
- Consent, mental capacity, refusal, self-administration and covert administration
- Ordering, receiving, transporting, storing and disposing of medicines
- Safe checks before, during and after administering medicines
- Medicines administration records, “when required” medicines, time-critical medicines and monitoring
- Higher-risk medicines, errors, near misses, safeguarding and escalation
Benefits Of Taking This Course
- Build a clear understanding of safe, person-centred medicines support
- Recognise the boundaries of your role and when additional training or advice is required
- Develop confidence in completing medicine checks and records accurately
- Learn how to respond safely to refusals, omissions, adverse effects and medication errors
- Support workplace competency assessment, with content aligned to recognised sector guidance
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
- Distinguish medicines management, medicines support and administration
- Explain why person-centred practice is central to medicines safety
- Recognise common medicine forms and routes without exceeding your competence
- Identify the main legal, regulatory and workplace framework
- Describe your accountability and the limits of delegated tasks
- Identify what a medicines care plan should contain
- Respond appropriately to refusal
- Apply the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act
- Explain safe support for self-administration and covert administration
- Describe safe ordering, receipt and reconciliation processes
- Explain person-centred storage and access controls
- Identify additional controls for refrigerated medicines and controlled drugs
- Describe safe transport, return and disposal
- Recognise discrepancies that require escalation
- Describe a systematic medicines administration process
- Explain the 6Rs and the wider person-centred checks
- Recognise when administration must stop
- Describe safe principles for common non-invasive routes
- Explain why specialist routes need additional training and competency assessment
- Describe how to complete the MAR/eMAR entries correctly
- Record refusals, omissions, changes and separately charted medicines
- Use a person-centred PRN protocol
- Recognise time-critical and variable-dose risks
- Monitor response and report adverse effects
- Recognise medicines situations that need additional safeguards
- Describe how to respond safely to swallowing difficulties and altered medicines
- Manage an error or near miss without concealment
- Distinguish adverse effects from emergencies
- Explain the links with safeguarding, duty of candour and learning
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Safe Management and Administration of Medicines Certificate
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 6 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 6 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 6 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 3.25 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
What can I say? I Couldn’t wait to get started and the log in details came through via email which allowed me to be able to. The course was highly addictive once I started, it was like reading a book, you never want to put down.
It was very easy to understand and very thorough but above all, very enjoyable and exhilarating. I was only sorry when it came to an end. I am now very much looking forward to applying my newly gained knowledge into the floristry world out there. I just hope they are ready for me. I can only say a big thank you for the opportunity.
Ann Ainsworth
My son has Aspergers Syndrome, so when this course Autism Awareness Diploma came up with 90% off just after Christmas, I thought I would like to do it. There was no pressure on myself and progressed at my own pace, the course is very informative with lots of hints and tips. The process of going through the Modules and assignments was also very easy to do. The cost of the course was expensive if I hadn't had 90% off. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending New Skills Academy courses to other people for their informative and ease of usage. I really enjoyed it.
Dawn Hughes
This Makeup Diploma course I wanted to have almost half of my life, from when I was a kid. I really enjoyed studying and was really happy to finish this Makeup Diploma course.
Liked videos in modules, PDF’s were easy to save. Not only that I learned new tips on how to do makeup, I also learned how to deal with marketing and advertising for my future business.
I’m sure that will not be the last course that I finished. And I will highly recommend to my friends to this online tutoring as it is great way to gain knowledge. Thank you.
Darija Holm
The contents on these classes are awesome! I’m currently an architecture student and was a little worried because is an online course and sometimes it leaves doubts or some subjects are not well debated, but I learned so much, it also improved my landscaping knowledge, its satisfying.
I need to say: congratulations for modules organization, the website layout, and the support. Seriously, every once and a while I take online classes and I’m surprised with the New Skills Academy, I totally recommend these classes for anybody that like gardens, also for architecture students – this is essential for our area.
Hopefully I can find something else to study with New Skills Academy!
Letitia Rossett
The course is simple and easy to follow, the videos are a great way to see it all in action, the pictures are a great way for you to get some inspiration too especially with the nail art. I have referred this course to a friend already.
Lindsay Todd
Amazing course, great for people that never have time to go to college or evening classes. So easy to complete online and step by step instructions to help you. Will definitely be doing another course after this.
I’m starting my own business and this course will help me get started as it states all the things I need to know and to be aware of. I can’t wait until I have completed this as this will be a new chapter in my life. You have no time limit on this course which is great as I have a very busy life but this course gives you no pressure.
Would recommend this to anyone.
Megan Atkins
Safe Management and Administration of Medicines
Medicines can improve health, relieve symptoms and help people maintain their independence. However, mistakes involving doses, timing, records or administration can cause serious harm. This course provides the underpinning knowledge staff need to support people with their medicines safely, confidently and in a person-centred way.
Designed for staff working in adult social care services in England, including care homes, supported living and homecare, the course explains the medicines-management cycle and the checks required before, during and after administration. It also covers roles and responsibilities, consent and mental capacity, self-administration, record keeping, PRN medicines, higher-risk situations, medication errors and escalation.
Please note: Completion of the course provides knowledge training but does not, by itself, confirm practical competence or authorise a learner to administer medicines.
Key topics in our Safe Management and Administration of Medicines course:
- Person-centred medicines support and the limits of the care worker's role
- Consent, mental capacity, refusal, self-administration and covert administration
- Ordering, receiving, transporting, storing and disposing of medicines
- Safe checks before, during and after administering medicines
- Medicines administration records, “when required” medicines, time-critical medicines and monitoring
- Higher-risk medicines, errors, near misses, safeguarding and escalation
Benefits Of Taking This Course
- Build a clear understanding of safe, person-centred medicines support
- Recognise the boundaries of your role and when additional training or advice is required
- Develop confidence in completing medicine checks and records accurately
- Learn how to respond safely to refusals, omissions, adverse effects and medication errors
- Support workplace competency assessment, with content aligned to recognised sector guidance
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
- Distinguish medicines management, medicines support and administration
- Explain why person-centred practice is central to medicines safety
- Recognise common medicine forms and routes without exceeding your competence
- Identify the main legal, regulatory and workplace framework
- Describe your accountability and the limits of delegated tasks
- Identify what a medicines care plan should contain
- Respond appropriately to refusal
- Apply the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act
- Explain safe support for self-administration and covert administration
- Describe safe ordering, receipt and reconciliation processes
- Explain person-centred storage and access controls
- Identify additional controls for refrigerated medicines and controlled drugs
- Describe safe transport, return and disposal
- Recognise discrepancies that require escalation
- Describe a systematic medicines administration process
- Explain the 6Rs and the wider person-centred checks
- Recognise when administration must stop
- Describe safe principles for common non-invasive routes
- Explain why specialist routes need additional training and competency assessment
- Describe how to complete the MAR/eMAR entries correctly
- Record refusals, omissions, changes and separately charted medicines
- Use a person-centred PRN protocol
- Recognise time-critical and variable-dose risks
- Monitor response and report adverse effects
- Recognise medicines situations that need additional safeguards
- Describe how to respond safely to swallowing difficulties and altered medicines
- Manage an error or near miss without concealment
- Distinguish adverse effects from emergencies
- Explain the links with safeguarding, duty of candour and learning
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Safe Management and Administration of Medicines Certificate
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 6 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 6 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 6 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 3.25 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
What can I say? I Couldn’t wait to get started and the log in details came through via email which allowed me to be able to. The course was highly addictive once I started, it was like reading a book, you never want to put down.
It was very easy to understand and very thorough but above all, very enjoyable and exhilarating. I was only sorry when it came to an end. I am now very much looking forward to applying my newly gained knowledge into the floristry world out there. I just hope they are ready for me. I can only say a big thank you for the opportunity.
Ann Ainsworth
My son has Aspergers Syndrome, so when this course Autism Awareness Diploma came up with 90% off just after Christmas, I thought I would like to do it. There was no pressure on myself and progressed at my own pace, the course is very informative with lots of hints and tips. The process of going through the Modules and assignments was also very easy to do. The cost of the course was expensive if I hadn't had 90% off. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending New Skills Academy courses to other people for their informative and ease of usage. I really enjoyed it.
Dawn Hughes
This Makeup Diploma course I wanted to have almost half of my life, from when I was a kid. I really enjoyed studying and was really happy to finish this Makeup Diploma course.
Liked videos in modules, PDF’s were easy to save. Not only that I learned new tips on how to do makeup, I also learned how to deal with marketing and advertising for my future business.
I’m sure that will not be the last course that I finished. And I will highly recommend to my friends to this online tutoring as it is great way to gain knowledge. Thank you.
Darija Holm
The contents on these classes are awesome! I’m currently an architecture student and was a little worried because is an online course and sometimes it leaves doubts or some subjects are not well debated, but I learned so much, it also improved my landscaping knowledge, its satisfying.
I need to say: congratulations for modules organization, the website layout, and the support. Seriously, every once and a while I take online classes and I’m surprised with the New Skills Academy, I totally recommend these classes for anybody that like gardens, also for architecture students – this is essential for our area.
Hopefully I can find something else to study with New Skills Academy!
Letitia Rossett
The course is simple and easy to follow, the videos are a great way to see it all in action, the pictures are a great way for you to get some inspiration too especially with the nail art. I have referred this course to a friend already.
Lindsay Todd
Amazing course, great for people that never have time to go to college or evening classes. So easy to complete online and step by step instructions to help you. Will definitely be doing another course after this.
I’m starting my own business and this course will help me get started as it states all the things I need to know and to be aware of. I can’t wait until I have completed this as this will be a new chapter in my life. You have no time limit on this course which is great as I have a very busy life but this course gives you no pressure.
Would recommend this to anyone.
Megan Atkins
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