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A MAR (Medication Administration Record) sheet is the legal proof that the right person got the right medicine, at the right dose, at the right time. In home care, where different carers visit the same person across shifts, a single blank box, missing PRN protocol, or unsigned entry is what turns into a missed dose, an accidental double dose, or a "Requires Improvement" or "Inadequate" rating on the CQC Safe question under Regulation 12.
CQC, Medicines administration records in adult social care (cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/adult-social-care/medicines-administration-records-adult-social-care) for MAR contents, signing as soon as possible, and the second-staff check on handwritten entries; CQC, When required medicines in adult social care, for PRN protocols (purpose, timing, minimum gap, 24-hour maximum); NICE NG67 Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community and NICE SC1 Managing medicines in care homes, section 1.4 (recording administration and refusals, non-standardised codes); Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care (NHS England) for the 8-year retention period; Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good governance).
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A blank box on a MAR is never acceptable, even when nothing happened. Under CQC and NICE guidance every dose slot for a scheduled medicine must hold either a signature (given) or an agreed non-administration code (refused, in hospital, out of stock, and so on). There is no "nothing to record" option: inspectors read a blank as a missed dose or a recording failure, and both breach Regulation 12. Note that the code letters themselves are not nationally standardised, so always use your own service's printed code key rather than assuming R, H or S mean the same everywhere.
Source: CQC, Medicines administration records in adult social care (cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/adult-social-care/medicines-administration-records-adult-social-care) for MAR contents, signing as soon as possible, and the second-staff check on handwritten entries; CQC, When required medicines in adult social care, for PRN protocols (purpose, timing, minimum gap, 24-hour maximum); NICE NG67 Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community and NICE SC1 Managing medicines in care homes, section 1.4 (recording administration and refusals, non-standardised codes); Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care (NHS England) for the 8-year retention period; Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, Regulation 12 (Safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good governance).
Good to know
A MAR (Medication Administration Record) sheet is the legal proof that the right person got the right medicine, at the right dose, at the right time. In home care, where different carers visit the same person across shifts, a single blank box, missing PRN protocol, or unsigned entry is what turns into a missed dose, an accidental double dose, or a "Requires Improvement" or "Inadequate" rating on the CQC Safe question under Regulation 12.
A blank box on a MAR is never acceptable, even when nothing happened. Under CQC and NICE guidance every dose slot for a scheduled medicine must hold either a signature (given) or an agreed non-administration code (refused, in hospital, out of stock, and so on). There is no "nothing to record" option: inspectors read a blank as a missed dose or a recording failure, and both breach Regulation 12. Note that the code letters themselves are not nationally standardised, so always use your own service's printed code key rather than assuming R, H or S mean the same everywhere.
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