Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those caring for people in (a) private homes and (b) hospitals provide the correct dosage of medicines for those people.

Some local authorities provide packages of care to people in private homes that include elements that either prompt and or administer medication.

The Care Quality Commission assesses every care provider against a list of 15 fundamental standards. These take into account regulations for regulation of medicines.

We are informed by NHS Improvement that the Patient Safety team supports a network of Medication Safety Officers who it works with to improve the safety of medication, including correct dosing in hospital and community settings. NHS Improvement also learns from incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System and issue Patient Safety Alerts that support safe medication administration.