Last review date 03/02/2023

The 'Covert Medication Administration' tab can be found on the right hand side of the main drug review template.

Clicking on the hyperlink highlighted above or the tab will take you to the below template page:

Assessment - record the outcome of the patient's capacity and agreement to take medication.  Use the Mental Capacity assessment template to view details of the Mental Capacity Act and record assessment findings.  NB: You must select 'yes' on all 3 to be able to assign 'Covert Medication appropriate' to the patient's record

Impression - read code if the decision to use covert medication administration is appropriate or not

Management - if the outcome in 'Impression' is coded as 'inappropriate' you may go on and tick (only) 'beliefs, understanding, swallow & palatability discussed'

If you assign 'appropriate' to you may tick any of the other options in the Management section:

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