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Exciting Milestone - ePMA Successfully Implemented at Heddfan

We are thrilled to announce the successful implementation of the electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) system at our Early Adopter site, Heddfan, Wrexham. This marks a key milestone in our ongoing digital transformation journey.

What This Means for Our Teams:

  • Better, Safer Care: ePMA brings streamlined, digital workflows that reduce duplication, minimise errors, and enhance patient safety across the Heddfan wards.
  • Greater Confidence for Staff: Our Early Adopters are helping us refine the system in real clinical environments, ensuring that by the time ePMA reaches other sites, it is robust, reliable, and shaped by real-world practice.
  • Collaboration Driving Success: The commitment and feedback from frontline teams are directly influencing system improvements, ensuring it meets the needs of those who use it every day.
  • A Major Digital Milestone: This rollout has also delivered seamless integration with the Welsh Shared Medicines Record—the first step toward fully integrated medication management across Primary and Secondary Care. This is a significant achievement for BCUHB, DHCW and digital healthcare across Wales.

The successful implementation at Heddfan involved the manual transcription of all admitted patients onto ePMA—a task carried out through a collaborative effort between the Pharmacy and Digital Nursing teams. These teams remained on-site, providing hands-on support to staff as they navigated the new system, which has proved invaluable.

In addition, our colleagues from BCU Digital, Better, and DHCW provided essential cross-agency support, demonstrating how preparation, strong governance, and teamwork can deliver a seamless system launch.

A Special Thanks to Our Early Adopters

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire team at Heddfan. Their professionalism, 
enthusiasm, and commitment have been instrumental in ensuring the success of this phase. By embracing 
change so positively, they are helping to pave the way for a system that will ultimately improve care delivery 
across the entire organisation.