There has been widespread coverage in recent months about the unplanned closures of increasing numbers of community pharmacies, both temporary and permanent.  The poor state of core funding in the sector over a number of years, has led to real business difficulties for many independent pharmacies.  Also, as highlighted by Sadiq al Hassan MP, there […]

We are delighted and excited to be preparing to take our first wave of signed-up independent pharmacy customers live with HubRx, starting from the 29th of October. It has taken some time, but with legislation for hub and spoke use across different companies now live, they will join our own 31 Pharmacy+Health group branches that […]

We’ve officially launched our offering, and our autumn and new year slots, to go live with the HubRx service, are filling up fast. Forward-thinking business owners recognise that dispensing NHS Rx volumes with a single activity fee that doesn’t cover staff costs and chasing pennies on buying margins, with limited scale, does not provide a […]

We are delighted to share that HubRx has been put forward for this award, recognising the uniqueness of our hub and spoke dispensing service for independent pharmacies who want to release a huge 15hrs a day of capacity for clinical services and efficiency savings. Over the last year, we have been proving the value of […]

The independent pharmacy sector in England faces some significant issues: A static CPCF in real terms, the need for capacity and space for services to generate profits, increasing dispensing volumes and associated staff that drive costs but are contributing negligible profit. When considering a dispensing-automation solution to try and solve these issues, one often overlooked […]

The NHS 10-year plan has been announced and it reinforces the crucial role of community pharmacies as key providers of clinical services. Maximising the delivery of currently available NHS services, such as NMS, BP checks and contraception provision, is essential for business profitability. With more services on the horizon, pharmacies will need to release significant capacity to […]

Our CEO Daniel Lee got the opportunity to speak to Joanna Robertson at The Pharmacist News following the announcement that the long-awaited change to hub and spoke legislation will happen in October. He talks about building HubRx – a fully automated 40,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art dispensing facility – to help independents and pharmacies operating under […]

The announcement of the new contract details on Monday has rightly been met with some consternation and concern. Whilst a catchy headline figure, it just is not substantial enough to enable pharmacies to continue to operate as they have traditionally: chasing Rx item-volumes, plugging in more, increasingly expensive staff and tinkering with the efficiency of […]

So the core funding contract for pharmacists has been announced and, unfortunately is exactly where it was widely rumoured to be.  As highlighted by both the NPA and IPA there is still a huge gap in relation to historic funding levels. This confirms the position recently discussed by HubRx CEO Daniel Lee  in a recent […]

Flying recently from Manchester Airport with Jet2, I was struck by the number of automated check-in machines they’d installed and then immediately by the sheer quantity of staff they had offering help with these expensive systems. While a great customer experience, surely that staffing level completely negates one of the primary aims of such automation, […]