The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7324 p673
6 November 2004

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Mawdsleys offers help in bidding for service contracts

A scheme to help independent pharmacies bid for NHS service contracts from primary care trusts has been launched by the wholesaler Mawdsleys. John Davies, retail services director for Mawdsleys, said: “We want to ensure that independents are not overlooked and are on an equal footing when negotiating contracts for new NHS developments.”

The scheme will involve: initial case assessment; appointment of an independent consultant to negotiate a contract on behalf of the client; a project review, scenario planning for finance and marketing, benchmarking, business modelling, design, merchandising and refit services; and financial services.

Mr Davies added that independent pharmacists may be disadvantaged through lack of time, expertise and resources to broker complex multi-party deals. “Mawdsleys new contract protection programme will address this imbalance,” he said.