Digital Patient Group Direction management for the NHS. Streamline PGD governance, staff authorisations, competency tracking and administration recording with a purpose-built platform.
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Digital Patient Group Direction management for the NHS. Streamline PGD governance, staff authorisations, competency tracking and administration recording with a purpose-built platform.
Request Information Sign InA Patient Group Direction (PGD) is a legal framework that allows specified registered health professionals to supply and/or administer a medicine to pre-defined groups of patients, without a prescription. PGDs are governed by the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and must be authorised by an appropriate body before use.
NHS Trusts, community health services, ambulance services, pharmacies, and other healthcare organisations use PGDs to enable timely access to medicines in settings such as vaccination clinics, emergency departments, and community care.
PGDs improve patient access to treatment by removing the need for an individual prescription. Robust governance ensures patient safety through defined inclusion/exclusion criteria, staff authorisation, and competency assessment.
Managing PGDs on paper or spreadsheets is error-prone. Tracking expiry dates, staff authorisations, competency sign-offs and administration records across multiple sites is complex and carries significant clinical risk.
A complete digital solution for PGD governance across your organisation
Central register of all PGDs with status tracking, version history, and family grouping. See at a glance which PGDs are active, expiring, or under review.
Adopt PGDs from a curated national template library. Three-step adoption process: review, localise, and activate — saving weeks of drafting time.
Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) with SHA-256 content hashing. Signatories approve PGDs digitally with a tamper-evident audit trail.
Manage practitioner authorisations with competency tracking, declaration sign-off, and countersigning. Auto-activate when all requirements are met.
Record medicine administrations against active PGDs with a guided 4-step wizard. Full traceability from PGD to patient to practitioner.
Comprehensive reporting: expiry monitoring, authorisation status, competency gaps, administration volumes, and full audit trail for CQC and governance reviews.
PGD Hub manages the complete document lifecycle from creation to expiry
Create or adopt from national library
Signatories review and approve digitally
All signatures collected, ready to activate
Live PGD — staff can be authorised
New version created, old version archived
PGD Hub is designed to meet the regulatory and governance requirements of NHS organisations
Structured content fields align with Schedule 16 requirements. Only eligible professional groups listed under the regulations can be assigned to PGDs.
Supports NICE MPG2 best practice for developing and using PGDs, including appropriateness assessments and competency frameworks.
Every action is logged — document changes, signature events, authorisation updates, and administration records. Ready for CQC inspection at any time.
11 distinct roles from Lead Pharmacist to Viewer. Each user sees only what they need, with appropriate permissions for their responsibilities.
Each NHS Trust operates in complete data isolation with its own database. Support for multiple organisation units within a single site.
Interested in PGD Hub for your organisation? Get in touch and we'll arrange a demonstration.