Backlog Recovery

Structured Medication Review Backlog Recovery

Clear your outstanding SMRs with a defined project.

What does a structured medication review backlog recovery service do?

Clear your outstanding SMRs with a defined project. BCS supports gp practices, primary care networks, gp federations across the UK from hubs in Halifax and London, covering prioritising eligible patients, delivering smrs, coding and reporting.

Reviewed October 2026 by the BCS clinical services team.

What is this service?

Structured Medication Review Backlog Recovery from Bespoke Clinical Services: clear your outstanding SMRs with a defined project. Every arrangement is built around your organisation — truly bespoke, never off-the-shelf.

What can BCS support?

  • Prioritising eligible patients
  • Delivering SMRs
  • Coding and reporting
  • Agreed timeline

How can it be delivered?

  • Defined project
  • Remote delivery
  • Fixed timeline and scope
  • As a defined project — no permanent contract needed

Who makes clinical decisions?

BCS clinicians work within their own competence and the scope you agree. Anything outside it is escalated to your GPs or clinical lead, under your organisation's clinical governance and procedures.

How clinical governance works →

How does delivery start?

We agree the workload, scope, system access, escalation routes and reporting with you, complete clinician checks and induction, then start delivery. Progress is reviewed with you regularly.

Ways to commission →

Why choose BCS?

BCS is a truly bespoke clinical services partner. We support 50+ PCNs and 300+ GP practices with 150+ clinical pharmacists, delivered from two hubs in Halifax and London. Every clinician is backed by our management layer, structured training, clinical supervision and quality assurance, and activity is reported clearly through the BCS Impact Dashboard.

How is it funded?

This is usually a defined, fixed-scope project funded from practice, PCN or commissioned budgets. Short-term or pay-as-you-go projects are not automatically ARRS-eligible.

Read our funding and ARRS guide →

Common questions

What does a structured medication review backlog recovery service do?

Clear your outstanding SMRs with a defined project. BCS supports gp practices, primary care networks, gp federations across the UK from hubs in Halifax and London, covering prioritising eligible patients, delivering smrs, coding and reporting.

Who is Structured Medication Review Backlog Recovery for?

It's designed for gp practices, primary care networks, gp federations, icbs, nhs hospitals and community providers. Every arrangement is tailored to your organisation.

Can structured medication review backlog recovery be delivered remotely?

Yes. It can be delivered remotely, from our hubs in Halifax and London.

Is structured medication review backlog recovery ARRS funded?

This is usually a defined, fixed-scope project funded from practice, PCN or commissioned budgets. Short-term or pay-as-you-go projects are not automatically ARRS-eligible.

Who makes clinical decisions in structured medication review backlog recovery?

BCS clinicians work within their own competence and the scope you agree. Anything outside it is escalated to your GPs or clinical lead, under your organisation's clinical governance and procedures.

How does structured medication review backlog recovery start?

We agree the workload, scope, system access, escalation routes and reporting with you, complete clinician checks and induction, then start delivery. Progress is reviewed with you regularly.

Do I need a full-time contract?

No. You can commission a defined project with an agreed scope and timeline, without a permanent staffing agreement.

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