Easy Read: Medication

Medicines can help you stay well.

Only take medicine that has been prescribed or advised for you.

Do not share your medicine with another person.

Staff who help with medicines are trained and assessed as competent.

Staff follow your medication plan and the instructions for your medicine.

Tell staff about allergies or side effects.

Tell staff if you think a medicine was missed or given incorrectly.

Do not change the dose unless your prescriber or pharmacist tells you to.

Ask if you do not understand what a medicine is for.

If someone is seriously unwell or in immediate danger, call 999.