Controlled Drugs Summit: Ensuring the Safer Management of Controlled Drugs: Diversion & Abuse, Prescribing & Use

Controlled Drugs Summit: Ensuring the Safer Management of Controlled Drugs: Diversion & Abuse, Prescribing & Use is organized by Healthcare (HC) - UK Conferences and will be held on Oct 01, 2018 at De Vere West One, London, England, United Kingdom. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 5 Credits.

Course Description:
The national controlled drugs summit focuses on the safe use, prescribing and management of controlled drugs including monitoring adherence against the NICE guidance on the safe use and management of controlled drugs.

Course Objectives are:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve the safe use, prescribing and management of controlled drugs
• Understand the national context including developments from the CQC and monitoring adherence to the NICE guidance
• Understand the scale of abuse and diversion of controlled drugs by healthcare professionals
• Improve your skills in the identification and management of theft and abuse by staff
• Learn from police investigations and inspections
• Understand and develop the role of the controlled drugs accountable officer
• Improve your skills in the prescribing and prescribing governance of controlled drugs
• Understand how to implement an electronic ordering and prescribing system for controlled drugs & manage patients own controlled drugs brought into hospital
• Improve practice in patient advice and information
• Ensure lessons are learned from the investigation and reporting of controlled drugs incidents
• Self-assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation.