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, I thought.
Now, not being in that sector I am sure I’m missing other factors, such as reduced costs of desk or conveyor rental for example, but it did get me thinking about the offering from HubRx to independent pharmacies, going live later in 2025. Particularly, in comparison to local automation solutions.
HubRx have built a latest-gen, highly-automated dispensing facility, that can assemble, check, label and bag approximately 1 million items per month. The scale of technology usually reserved for large multiples, but all for the benefit of small to medium-sized independent pharmacies.
This will soon be available, without the need for pharmacy owners to research, choose, finance, project manage, stock, maintain and crucially staff, your own, small automation facility. Additionally without the needto fund any local hub delivery logistics, or utilise a chunk of your expensive floor space. All this is a huge drain on management time, resources and finances, just at the time when contractors need to be identifying and implementing new clinical services, whilst simultaneously upskilling staff and marketing.
HubRx can underpin this transformation by releasing on average a huge 15 hours a day, per pharmacy. The industry experts at HubRx, with decades of automation experience, have already invested in, developed, built, implemented and refined a fully PMR-integrated, end-to-end prescription assembly solution. So you don’t have to.
Combining with improved purchasing, reduced stock-holding and released staff time, HubRx is >cost-neutral, including delivery to spoke, even before you scale-up the profitable services, using the capacity you’ve released.
Rolled out to our own, 35 branches, HubRx has already dispensed > 1.5 million items. In the last three months alone, approximately 70% of Rx items* have been delivered back to the spoke, bagged, ready for patients next day. This has been done at a 99.4% service level. Our branches are servicing their NHS Rx patients more efficiently, with less staff hours, whilst constantly upskilling and delivering month-on-month services growth.
With legislation being finalised in 2025, why take a chance on making a massive investment in local automation and risk not releasing the anticipated efficiency and capacity.
Talk to HubRx about being your expert dispensing automation partner. Without financial commitment or increasing your local costs, we can provide your pharmacy with proven efficiency savings and staff capacity for developing your clinical services and transforming your business’ viability.
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