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Medicines Safety Programme · Wigan

Medicines Safety Programme in Wigan.

A pharmacist-led medicines safety programme — combining safety audit, high-risk drug monitoring, deprescribing and patient safety alert response. Delivered to Wigan PCNs and GP practices from the BCS Halifax (West Yorkshire) hub, with paired cover from our Chiswick (West London) hub — the only UK dual-hub clinical pharmacy model.
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Wigan · local context

Wigan PCNs sit within NHS Greater Manchester ICB (Wigan place).

Wigan PCNs benefit from the BCS Leigh partnership track record — 13 pharmacists, three years, continuous coverage — now offered across the wider Wigan place footprint.

For medicines safety programme specifically, the Wigan pathway typically integrates with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals. BCS standardises the cross-organisation workflow into a single hub-supervised process.

What you get

What medicines safety programme in Wigan actually looks like.

  • Prescribing safety audit cycle
  • High-risk drug monitoring
  • MHRA alert response
  • Deprescribing in polypharmacy
  • Practice-level safety dashboard

Dual-hub delivery

The only UK provider with a Yorkshire + London hub.

Every medicines safety programme placement in Wigan is mobilised from one of our two clinical hubs — Halifax (West Yorkshire) as the lead and Chiswick (West London) as paired cover. The dual-hub model is unique to BCS: same SOPs, same supervision, same-week cross-cover.

  • Lead delivery from the BCS Halifax (West Yorkshire) hub
  • Paired cover from BCS Chiswick (West London)
  • Same-week sickness, leave and maternity cover
  • ARRS-compliant, GPhC-registered workforce
  • One SLA, one report, one escalation point

Wigan · what good looks like

Typical first-year markers.

4–6 wks
Mobilisation in Wigan
2 hubs
Halifax + Chiswick — unique to BCS
100%
Supervision evidenced for audit
Monthly
QA-checked outcomes report

Why Wigan PCNs choose BCS for medicines safety programme.

Solo recruitment for medicines safety programme in Wigan leaves a network exposed to sickness, maternity and retention risk, and rarely meets the supervision standard ICBs now ask for. BCS removes all of that — pharmacists are part of a clinical team, supervision is built in, and continuity is guaranteed by the Halifax (West Yorkshire)/Chiswick (West London) dual-hub.

Frequently asked questions — Medicines Safety Programme in Wigan.

Will this reduce avoidable harm?+

Yes — PINCER-style audits typically reduce hazardous prescribing markers by 25–50% inside the first year.

Does BCS already deliver medicines safety programme in Wigan?+

BCS supports PCNs across North West from our Halifax (West Yorkshire) hub with paired cover from Chiswick (West London), and is actively delivering or available to mobilise medicines safety programme in Wigan. Get in touch and we'll confirm current capacity.

How quickly can BCS mobilise medicines safety programme in Wigan?+

In most cases inside 4–6 weeks of contract sign-off, with HSCN-secured remote prescribing back-up available sooner where capacity is urgent.

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Nearby PCN areas

Medicines Safety Programme elsewhere in Greater Manchester.

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