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NHS pharmacy procurement in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
19 February 2026The devolved health administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have individual but complementary systems for procuring medicines for the NHS.
Understanding principles of medicines inventory management
13 January 2026Our advice to help NHS secondary care pharmacy procurement teams manage inventory of medicines.
Managing stock of critical medicines
13 January 2026Essential medicines that must be held in stock or risk assessed for alternatives if unavailable.
Reconciling stock in automated storage systems
13 January 2026Highlighting the importance of maintaining a closed system, monitoring and restricting access to minimise errors and discrepancies.
Managing expired stock and decommissioned products
13 January 2026Advice on how to manage expired stock and decommissioning of medicines.
Managing high frequency order lines
13 January 2026Advice on optimising pharmacy systems to balance storage capacity, supply and demand.
Completing regular and annual stock checks
13 January 2026Emphasising the value in committing time to robust stock management processes
Managing high value medicines
13 January 2026Medicines can be seen as a liability or an asset. High value medicines should have regular stock checks to ensure stock holding is accurate.
Monitoring slow moving stock and rarely used medicines
13 January 2026It is important to hold medicines in date and identify where usage of medicines has changed or are only required on an irregular basis.
Managing medicines inventory
13 January 2026Approaches to maintain accurate medicines inventory and investigate incorrect stock levels by secondary care pharmacy procurement teams.