When it comes to innovation in healthcare, it is all too easy to lose sight of the progress made and where we have come from. Back in 2014, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) mandated that all NHS trusts in England must adopt GS1. This led to Scan4Safety and, subsequently, the launch of …
Collaborative Pharmacy Supply Optimisation
The six trusts that make up the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) are working collaboratively to examine new approaches to medicine management. Together, they manage almost £500m of medicines spend and along with other Trusts in Yorkshire, were collaborating on medication procurement in order to reduce unwarranted cost variation in drugs. Pharmacy was …