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Welcome to your October

edition of PS magazine

As the leaves turn and the pumpkins come As usual we include our Top Tips and
out, October brings with it the unmistakable summarise the Discount Partners we have
buzz of PSUK Conference season. This partnered up with to drive further savings in
month, we are proud to host not one but two your practice, a treasure trove of treats to
member conferences, and if your diary’s still ensure that PSUK is driving a wider benefit
got room, it’s not too late to book your place! for your surgery.
Agenda and details can be found on page 27.

So… get the pumpkins at the ready and enjoy
Can’t make it? Don’t worry, our PSUKlive this month’s edition of PS mag, and I will
Study Day program returns in November, hopefully get a chance to meet many of you
with a full list of topics and locations on at one of our conferences later this month.
page 22. Whether you’re looking to sharpen
your customer service skills or drive
additional margin into the dispensary,
there is a topic for you!

Inside this issue, we shine a light on the power
branded purchasing and how important
it is to not take your eye off this in the
dispensary. With just over 26 exclusive
MDS deals available just for PSUK members
and a further 12 deals enhanced for PSUK
members, a few mis-steps here can haunt
your bottom line, a few small tweaks could
mean the difference between margin loss
and profit gain, and as a PSUK member, you
are uniquely positioned to benefit from these.

We also welcome back our guest writer
Caroline Pond, who dives into the world of
Controlled Drugs with a quiz included, for
those brave enough to test their knowledge!

Simon Coles
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