Reporting medicine-related incidents in social care - Care Quality Commission

Summary

This document by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) sets out what needs to be reported to the CQC if working within social care.

Content

Medication errors are not usually required to be reported to the CQC unless in these circumstances:

• death
• injury
• abuse, or allegation of abuse
• incident reported to or investigated by the police.

Challenge: How do social care and non-NHS providers ensure that concerns are raised and there is a safe reporting culture?