A medical practitioner or a registered nurse should administer medication in a care home if that care home is registered to provide nursing care. If it isn't, the law doesn't prevent health care assistants or assistant practitioners (both with or without nursing) from administering medicines in care homes if they have gone through the appropriate training and are competent. However, the care home manager and staff should keep this regularly under review.
All staff administering medicines must follow the care home's policies and procedures about managing medicines.