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Alfa CD

Controlled Drugs

Controlled drug management – digital, auditable, inspection-ready

Designed for NHS trusts, hospital pharmacies and accountable officers operating under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations and CQC / NHS CD governance frameworks.

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The Challenge

Controlled drug governance remains heavily dependent on paper-based processes that were never designed for real-time oversight

As trusts move away from paper ordering books, verifying authorised signatories and maintaining a clear approval trail can become increasingly difficult. Discrepancies may only be identified days or weeks later, inspection evidence must often be gathered manually, and accountable officers are left carrying compliance risk without a complete digital chain of custody.

Our SOLUTION

Alfa CD replaces paper-controlled drug registers and ordering books with a purpose-built digital platform

Combining digital signatory verification, real-time discrepancy detection, and a tamper-proof audit trail, Alfa CD creates a complete chain of custody from ordering to administration. The result is inspection-ready compliance, earlier identification of risk, reduced administrative burden, and greater assurance for accountable officers.

Core Capabilities

Practical functionality for day-to-day operations

Electronic CD Registers

Every transaction – order, receipt, administration, disposal – logged in real time with running balance, witness attribution and patient reference. Nothing retroactively alterable.

Digital Signatures & Witnessing

Replace paper order books with a digital ordering workflow. Orders are transmitted instantly, eliminating physical delivery. Configurable electronic signatures, witnessing and approval workflows enforce compliance automatically.

Immutable Audit Trail

Tamper-proof end-to-end record from receipt to disposal – structured for regulatory inspection from day one, not assembled before a visit. Every order, witness, stock movement and administration event is linked in a single auditable record.

Automated Discrepancy Detection

Discrepancies surface at receipt or stock check – not days later. Configurable escalation routes issues immediately; structured resolution workflow produces a full auditable record.

Physical Access Correlation

Cabinet-access events correlated with the CD transaction record on one investigation screen – who opened the cabinet, when, and whether access was granted. Efficient and unique approach to discrepancy investigations.

Configurable Governance

Browser-based and centrally operated – no specialist client software. Available on selected frameworks for straightforward public and NHS procurement.

Solution Impact

Proven in deployment across UK hospital sites

Co-designed with University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), Alfa CD is in full deployment across four hospital sites, where measurable improvements in controlled drug governance, oversight and operational assurance have been captured in a dedicated case study.

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77,000+

Clinical hours returned annually

Returning valuable clinical time to frontline patient care.

98%

Compliance rate

Significantly improved from 67% after deployment.

80%

Faster CD administration

Reducing time spent on controlled drug administration and freeing more time for patient care.

11 weeks

From setup to go live

Completed across four hospital sites in the UK.

100%

Digital ordering process

Replacing paper ordering books with an end-to-end digital ordering workflow.

For your team

Alfa CD for every part of the organisation

Supporting different priorities across day-to-day operations, governance
and technology.

Alfa CD has fundamentally changed how we manage controlled drugs across UHB. It has improved safety, strengthened governance and, most importantly, returned valuable clinical time back to patient care.

Professor Inderjit Singh

Chief Pharmacist, UHB

Why ALFA CD

A stronger foundation for controlled drug management

Purpose built for controlled drugs

Witnessing, electronic ordering, discrepancy investigation, audit trails and stock handling are designed around the operational and regulatory realities of controlled drug governance.

Unified CD records

Orders, approvals, witness records, stock movements and audit activity are captured in one platform, eliminating fragmented paper records and providing a single source of truth for controlled drug governance. 

Clinical time returned to patient care

Digital ordering, scan-based administration and faster stock checks remove the administrative burden that paper CD management places on nurses and pharmacists – time that goes back to patients.

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Find out how Alfa CD works in your environment

Talk to our team about your current controlled drug workflow and discover how Alfa CD can streamline and strengthen your processes.

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Accreditations & assurance

ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management certified by BSI
ORCHA Assured Bronze UK and EU

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