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Welcome to October’s

issue of PS magazine.

In a blink of an eye, we are heading into the And finally, on 24 October, we will be holding
th
final months of the year already! our second conference for the year, this time
In this month’s edition, we touch again on in our historical home of York. Once again, as
the benefits that EPS and Golden Tote can with Hinxton, we expect great attendance of
bring to the dispensary, releasing much both members and supplier partners who will
needed efficiencies across the practice. benefit from key speakers offering advice,
Total dispensed items across the UK grew by views and insights in to key topics impacting
3.4% last year, and are predicted to grow by dispensing doctors and the dispensaries.
another 9.9% over the next few years. The There is still time to book your place if you
increase in workload and staff shortages haven’t already by visiting psuk.co.uk/events
being felt today by many of our members, is and I hope to catch up with many of you
not going to ease in the coming years unless there!
dispensaries can find new ways working
more efficiently.

This is why it is important that dispensing Simon Coles
practices start planning to remove Managing Director, PSUK.
complexities and release efficiencies in the
dispensing process – to ensure they are in
a good place to cope with increasing item
numbers. Utilising one main wholesaler can
help reduce time spent unpacking totes
and putting stock on to the shelf – but
introducing new processes and systems such
as Golden Tote and EPS can start to unlock
significant benefits, saving dispensing time
and reducing stock holding. Read more
about the benefits on page 22.
As well as trying to find members new ways
of working to cope with the increasing
pressures of dispensing, we are also looking
at other ways to provide cost savings across
the practices purchases – which is why we
will be launching PSUK ‘Discount Partners’
on our website – leveraging our size as a
membership organisation to find and offer
market leading discounts on consumables
and non-medicinal purchases. We introduce
this new proposition on page 13, but keep
checking the website and looking out for our
top tips where we will introduce some of the
areas you can make additional savings.

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