title: Covert administration of medicines: a contentious issue.
abstract: In its State of Care (2015) report the Care Quality Commission once again highlight unsafe management of medicines as a key concern in those care providers that require improvement. Underpinning the poor management of medicines is the unsafe and routine use of covert administration. In this article Richard Griffith looks at the legal and professional obligations for district nurses when they consider advising the use of covert medicines.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D024802:Nurse's Role; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000592:standards*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
keywords: covert administration of medicines; incapable adults; therapeutic necessity; trespass to the person