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Two separate models of Hub-and-Spoke Dispensing

Proposal 1: Spoke-Hub-Spoke
This model allows patients to present prescriptions at a spoke pharmacy. The label data is
then sent to a central hub for assembly before being returned to the spoke pharmacy for
patient collection or delivery.

Proposal 2: Spoke-Hub-Patient
In this model, patients also present prescriptions at a spoke pharmacy,
but the assembled prescriptions are delivered directly from the hub to the
patient, bypassing the spoke pharmacy after the initial prescription handover.
Additionally, a further proposal suggests allowing prescriptions to be
dispensed in original packs, with split packs rounded up or down by 10%. This
could streamline the dispensing process and reduce waste.

By allowing prescriptions to be Dispensed in Original Packs, the Pharmacy
Can unlock several advantages.

1

Increased
efficiency
Utilising original
packs will speed up
the workflow, allowing 2
staff to handle more
prescriptions in less
time.
Reduced waste

Rounding up or down by
10% means fewer partial
packs will be discarded,
thereby reducing
medication waste.

4

More focus on
patient care
With the streamlined Cost savings
process, there
can be more time By reducing waste and
dedicated to patient increasing efficiency,
consultation and care, pharmacies can achieve
significant cost savings.
improving the overall These savings can be
patient experience.
reinvested in other areas
of patient care and
operations.

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