United Kingdom
Homecare Association
The professional association for homecare providers

The UKHCA Medication Policy Template is a UKHCA Member only resource. If you are interested in joining us, the benefits of UKHCA Membership can be found via the preceding link. Details of how to join UKHCA are also availailable.

Once you have joined UKHCA, you may login and download the UKHCA Medication Policy Template insallation media via this link.

Important - Note that the UKHCA Medication Policy Template requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later to be installed on your machine before you install the UKHCA Medication Policy Template. This Framework is included as part of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 which is included in Windows 10, 8 and 7 (installation instructions are available here, in the section "Enable the .NET Framework 3.5 in Control Panel") and available free from Microsoft for earlier editions of Windows.

To install the UKHCA Medication Policy Template, unzip (extract) all the files in “UKHCAMPT.zip”, run (double click) the extracted file “UKHCA Medication Policy Template Installer.msi” and follow the on-screen instructions.

The template is an interactive tool that will help you write a bespoke medication policy for your organisation.

At the start of the programme, you will be asked to identify the definitions used within your organisation. The Template will then ask a series of questions on how your organisation manages medication. These will include information such as the level of medication administration you provide and other specific issues i.e. how you manage over-the-counter medication, joint working, disposal etc.

Some of these questions may not be pertinent to the level of medication assistance currently provided. However, you should complete the questions. Consider how this may affect your organisation in a one-off situation or at a future date.

Once all the questions have been answered, a bespoke medication policy is produced. It is important to read this policy carefully, ensuring that it reflects your organisations policy. Any unwanted procedures and text can be edited or deleted at this point or any points added as appropriate.

Once the medication policy is complete, you may update or change it at any time to reflect the current situation.

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR UKHCA MEDICATION POLICY TEMPLATE IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY:

This End-User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and United Kingdom Homecare Association Limited (UKHCA) for the UKHCA Medication Policy Template that accompanies this EULA, which includes associated media (“Software”).

YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR USING THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE

UKHCA grants the right to install this software on any machine within your organisation and/or install this software on a single machine belonging to an employee of the organisation with the understanding that it must be removed immediately when their employment ends.

This license grants the use of this software by one organisation only.

You may use this software as many times as you wish but any policies produced must be for the exclusive use of the organisation to which this license is granted.

You may not give, lend, rent or sell this software to any third party.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software.

Any policy produced by this software should be thoroughly read and checked before adopting. Providers should make suitable adjustments to reflect their organisation’s circumstances, contractual obligations, indemnity insurance and any conditions placed on their registration by any statutory regulator.

Providers are advised to seek their own legal advice before adopting any medication policy.

The software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights and treaties. UKHCA owns the title, copyright and other intellectual property rights in the software.

UKHCA accepts no liability for organisations acting or refraining from acting solely on the information contained in the software. UKHCA shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the Software, even if UKHCA has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In any case UKHCA’s entire liability under any provision of this Agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the Software. These limitations do not apply to any liabilities that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable laws.