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Welcome to July’s issue
of PS magazine.
Last month saw our annual south conference One important part of the PSUK proposition
held at Hinxton Hall – it was a pleasure is working with our pharma partners to
seeing so many valued members and ensure our members have access to
suppliers join us at the event to listen to medication at the best discounts. This
a variety of speakers providing guidance, month AstraZeneca products will be
market information and tips on various available through your PSUK account, and a
aspects of the dispensary and practice refreshed MDS scheme on certain products
- from profitability advice and managing will be available through PSUK and managed
social media, all the way through to hearing in the same way as your other schemes.
from the prescription pricing authority on There are more details on this on page 6.
what happens to prescriptions once they are If you are not already getting our e-bulletin
submitted. detailing updates and changes to branded
These informative sessions gave those that discount, I would recommend you request
attended some food for thought on areas this through your account manager – not
in the practice and dispensary that can taking advantage of discount changes
be improved/tweaked to drive additional on branded products or reacting when
benefit. discounts are reduced can have a significant
It was also a fantastic opportunity to speak impact on the profitability. Over the past
to our pharma partners about their portfolios two months alone we have introduced four
and how they can support you in the new exclusive MDS schemes, and in the
dispensary. last six months we have communicated 19
As the largest dispensing doctor improvements to existing schemes. We detail
membership organisation, our members the latest changes on page 20.
are located all over the UK, and to ensure Also in this edition, we will be talking about
members do not miss out, we are committing an exciting new feature on our website that
to putting on an event in the North of the will make it easier to contact us via our
country towards the end of this year. You can website and find information that may be of
find out more about this on page 8. use to you. Our article on page 17 will talk
In this month’s magazine, we will be talking through how you can use this, and how it will
about the team behind PSUK and the benefit you in the dispensary.
ongoing drive to ensure we are supporting As usual we will also talk through the
members through advice, guidance and monthly tips and include informative articles
ensuring we are the most competitive in from some of our guest writers designed
the market. Our sole focus on dispensing to benefit you and your dispensary. I hope
doctors enables us to understand the you enjoy this edition and look forward to
difficulties encountered by both the seeing some of you at our winter conference
dispensary and the broader practice - so it’s and the study days we will be putting on
important to me that we can provide you throughout the second half of this year.
with the tools to help you make profitable
decisions and have the team in place that
can support you.
Simon Coles
Managing Director, PSUK.
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