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Are you still losing money dispensing contraceptives? July 2023
By Dr Philip Koopowitz- Dispex & Hexagon6
Going Greener-Spacers
By Dr Philip Koopowitz- Dispex & Hexagon6 NICE NG80 resource ‘Asthma inhalers and climate change’ now encourages patients aged 12 years and over where clinically appropriate to consider using dry...
Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS)
MDS systems can be known by several other names, but ultimately they all mean the same thing……. Nomad Trays Blister packs Multi Compartment Compliance Aids Dossette Boxes Are all disposable...
We’re Hiring- Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant: Part-time vacancy About Us Dispex is a Dispensing Doctor focused business which provides training, information and supplies to assist UK Dispensing Doctors in running their dispensaries. We are...
ICBs Assume Control of DSQS
Dispensary Services Quality Scheme UPDATE Since the ICBs assumed control of the Dispensary Services Quality Scheme (DSQS) in May, it appears that they are implementing several modifications, particularly concerning Standard...
We’re Hiring: Dispex Tutors
Tutors Are you passionate about dispensing, do you feel confident talking over Zoom? If so, why not share your knowledge with other dispensing staff and join our expert team of...
5th July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service
Source: NHS England Treating over a million people a day in England, the NHS touches all of our lives. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first...
Customer Announcement: Dosette Boxes
We have just received notification from the manufacturer regarding their discontinuation of the Weekly Clear Lite Complete CL08 system. This means there is NO stock being distributed, therefore all suppliers...
We’re Hiring
Tutors Are you passionate about dispensing, do you feel confident talking over Zoom? If so, why not share your knowledge with other dispensing staff and join our expert team of...
Record recruitment and reform to boost patient care under first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Source: NHS England – 30 June 2023 Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce...
ICBs assume control of DSQS
June 2023 Since the ICBs assumed control of the Dispensary Services Quality Scheme (DSQS) in May, it appears that they are implementing several modifications, particularly concerning Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)....
New digital health check to tackle deadly cardiovascular disease
Source: Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP 29.6.23 Digital NHS Health Check to be rolled out across England next spring delivering an additional one million...