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Welcome to April’s issue

of PS magazine.

We know that margins are coming under We also talk to Jody Harries - one of our
more pressure in the dispensary, with experienced PSUK account managers with
increased costs such as minimum wage over 14 years experience. Jody shares his
raising the base cost of running your insights on Personally Administered items to
practice. This is why it’s our mission to help provide clarity for our members.
you find savings.
Our upcoming PSUKlive Conference +
Industry expert Caroline Pond joins us with Exhibition, South, will soon be upon us
an article focusing on where to potentially and we now have details on what will be
find some profit in the dispensary. Whilst happening on the day. See the agenda and
there is no straight forward, easy solution, book your place on page page 16.
she gives some advice on where to look.
Check out page 10 to find out how Wrong As always, we have all of your MDS terms,
Group Movements and not using our PI information and Top Tips on page 26
Manufacture Discount Scheme (MDS) is onwards.
costing you money.

We’re also taking a look into the generics
market as anyone that has worked in or Your PSUK team
around the dispensary for any period of
time will tell you that the generic market is
volatile. At PSUK, we are doing what we can
to keep things as stable as possible, which
is why you should be utilising Active Price
Management (APM). APM aims to protect
you from some of these challenges, whilst APRIL 2024
making sure your generic basket remains MAGAZINE
one of the most competitive in the market
place, through constant monitoring and
with regular comparisons, showing that the OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
PSUK pricing provides members with greater PAGE 44
HAVE NEVER BEEN SO
pricing than competitive propositions. You IMPORT ANT.
can read more about this on page 6.
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Generics support
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Looking for profit
+ Exhibition
PSUK live Conference
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