Ahmad,
I said "ought to consider". The answers to the questions you pose are
likely to be specific for each PCG
The savings in the costs of the items should more than cover the costs
involved. If they don't then forget it. It does represent a potential saving
in the drugs budget for a PCG that a single handed or group practice could
not consider.
Regards
Jeff
Jeff Green
-Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist-
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ahmad Risk
> Sent: 06 April 1998 13:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Primary Care Groups
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>
> On 04/06/98 02:50:26, "Jeff Green" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >One blow, a PCG ought to consider the distribution for
> medicines. Some could
> >be distributed centrally. (Dressing and nutritional feeds come
> to mind.) A
> >PCG could negotiate a much better price for a bulk purchase of
> these items
> >and this would be reflected in its prescribing costs.
>
> 1. Who would 'keep stock'?
> 2. Who pays when you over stock?
> 3. Who firefights when you under stock?
> 4. Who will distribute and how?
> 5. How much all this would cost?
> 6. Where exactly this cost would come out of?
>
> Ahmad
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