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- Title
A bitter pill to swallow.
- Authors
Sims, Beccy
- Abstract
The article focuses on the report "Handled With Care?," which was released by the British Commission for Social Care Inspection. The study showed that nearly half of nursing and residential care homes fail to meet medication standards. Commission chairman Dame Denise Platt says giving people the right medicine is critical. It is important that care homes treat this issue with utmost seriousness.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; DRUG utilization; NURSING care facilities; LONG-term care facilities; PLATT, Dame Denise; NURSING; GREAT Britain. Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication
Nursing & Residential Care, 2006, Vol 8, Issue 4, p150
- ISSN
1465-9301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/nrec.2006.8.4.20661