How to reduce waste?

How can we help you reduce wastage of wound care products?

  • Audits suggest that 30% of all prescribed wound care dressings are never used.

    In a locality of 100,000 people this could represent an annual cost of £75,000*
  • The WCL service improvement training would support redesigning the wound product prescribing process.
  • One LUTM option is a local formulary and prescribing module that allows a practitioner to supply from stock and to reorder replacement stock directly from NHS Supplies.

Isle of Wight Study

* The potential savings are based on data from BENPCT, circumstances in PCTs will vary.