September 26th 2024

By Ailsa Colquhoun

DDA24: "There is not enough understanding of the dispensary as a business"

There is not enough understanding of how the dispensary is performing as a business.

Ensuring losses are minimised is essential to protect your business.

Those are the key messages from Dispensing Doctor Experts in the day one DDA 2024 conference presentation entitled: Dispensary Management - where to focus your attention

In the presentation, company representatives Alastair Carmichael and Gregory Bull (pictured) set out the key areas for management account scrutiny:

• Customer management
• Management accounting
• Checking the delivery
• Prescription charges
• Reimbursement
• VAT
• Stock control
• Buying groups
• Generics priced above Drug Tariff
• Dispensary design

Read the presentation