§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to update the memorandum of guidance issued by the Department of Health and Social Security in 1977, concerning the custody, administration and disposal of medicines in residential homes;
(2) what response he has made to the National Union of Public Employees' document "Administration of Drugs in Residential Homes".
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe memorandum of guidance on the arrangements for health care in residential homes for elderly people, including the section on the custody, administration and disposal of medicines, is currently being revised.
The National Union of Public Employees' document "Administration of Drugs in Residential Homes" will be considered in the revision of the memorandum.