FAQs – Stock Rotation, Stock Layout and Stock Control Question – My Lead GP has asked me to review how often we check the shelves and stock dates as we check every three months – how often do most dispensaries check their stock dates? Answer – Me and Alastair talked this through, and our opinion […]
Category: Profitability
Do You Understand Your PCSE Statement?
This is all about your Monthly Dispensary Management Accounts, all Dispensary managers/Lead Dispensers/Dispensary Lead GP need to see what is happening money wise in the dispensary. We are currently working with several dispensaries and one thing we want to achieve is a way to track your dispensary accounts as simply as possible. Firstly, take a […]
Drug Tariff Alert – April 2022
Every month I read the Drug Tariff preface and have done for most of the past 25 years, Ok its not War and Peace and its not for all, but for dispensing contractors, and most especially for dispensing doctors it really is a must read. It gives an indication of what is happening in the […]
UPGRADE Dispensary Margins
REMEMBER the golden rule of management – Worry about what you CAN control and not about what you can’t! Right time for some harsh words and truths – Covid-19 has had a major impact on your Dispensary, your time has been taken up with the pandemic and probably your profitability has suffered. The double whammy […]
NEW Drug Tariff Section Added from March 1st 2022
From March 1st 2022 there will be a new section in the Drug Tariff, as mentioned in the Preface section of the February 2022 Drug Tariff. The preface gives dispensing contractors advance notice of changes, and in this case the addition of 47 specials with different formulations to Part VIIID of the March 2022 Drug […]
Drug Tariff Changes February 2022
February is traditionally a fairly quite time in the NHS, especially with regards to Drug Tariff changes, and 2022 is no different. For the sake of completeness here are the additions, deletions and changes to the Drug Tariff and some comment from us on what they mean to a busy dispensary manager. Additions A number […]
IMPORTANT Drug Tariff Changes January 2022
Your response to the Drug Tariff changes for January 2022, should be focused on the Category M Price changes. These Cat M changes includes a total of 621 Cat M prices going down, 74 of which are falling in price by more than 25 per cent. Some good news in the bad though is […]
New Licensed Version of Alimemazine 10mg/5ml Oral Sol. S/f
Don’t Forget to Sign Up for the Rebate Scheme! A new strength of alimemazine oral solution sugar free 10mg/5mL is now available for dispensing. [This was previously only available via Special Order.] In the NHSBSA Hints and Tips Dispensing Contractors Issue 44 (July 2021) the following information is given: “Unlicensed medicines update The following Actual […]
Clawback Explained
Dispensing Doctor reimbursement has, for at least the past 25 years, included an element known as “Clawback”. The technical name for this is “Discount Recovery”. For the purposes of this article we will refer to it as Clawback. For Dispensing Doctors the reimbursement of every item they dispense has the Clawback applied because The Department […]
Where Are Your Prescriptions Being Dispensed?
Dispensing Matters by Greg Bull I have been curious about the impact that Covid-19 has had on dispensing doctors for some time, my assumption being that as with community pharmacy, more and more patients would be having their prescriptions dispensed via an internet pharmacy. Having found some time today, whilst working on a project based […]
