Decisions about taking your own medications during your hospital stay should have been agreed and recorded in your care plan. Alternatively they should be given to you at the appropriate times by your hospital team.
You should be given the opportunity, unless impractical, to check that the medications on the prescription chart are correct.
Changes to your diabetes treatments
Not all people will experience a change to their diabetes treatments during their hospital stay. However there may be occasions when a change to your diabetes treatment(s) is required in order to stabilise your diabetes control, for example:
- if you are normally treated with tablets or non-insulin injections, you may find that you are given insulin
- both people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes may find that they are given a glucose/insulin drip into a vein.