Included in your Numark membership, PharmAssist has been designed with common purchasing habits and pressures in mind, making managing your pharmacy’s purchasing smoother, faster and easier.

We know buying isn’t just about placing orders. It’s about maximising efficiency in the middle of busy days. With that in mind, PharmAssist is here to support you at every step.

PharmAssist integrates seamlessly with your PMR system, but is now available independently through portal access.

PharmAssist will ensure you are set up to offer:

1. Ordering cascade tailored to your selection - you choose the suppliers and the system will produce an ordering cascade (whether price based or compliance).
2. Cheapest supplier for each product - once you place your order, PharmAssist will select the most cost effective supplier for each product and cascade the order where required.
3. Optimum pack size for your order - PharmAssist will supply a restriction file that will pick the optimum pack size for your order.

Pack optimisation savings - automatically selects the most cost effective pack size to save you up to £600 per month.

Pack optimisation is an exclusive feature of PMR systems such as Numark Assist.

Extensive database of supplier pricing - all the latest prices and price changes for Gold Partners are uploaded on your behalf to maximise the accuracy of the pricing in your cascade.

This fully managed service takes away the need for you to allocate vast resources into sourcing the best prices as we ensure your cascade takes account of all the pricing you want it to.

PharmAssist can order through every supplier that is broadband/PMR enabled. Automatic pricelists are uploaded from Nupharm (PHOENIX), Bestway, Colorama, Target Healthcare, Trident Pharmaceuticals and OTC Direct/Cavendish.

Should you wish to utilise another supplier’s prices you can do so free of charge; simply submit these in an Excel pricelist and PharmAssist will load it into their comparison system to ensure your buying rules take these prices into account when finding you the best deal.

Product & Manufacturer preferences - you can override the cascade with your own supplier or manufacturer selection on a per product basis. This is very useful when you have a specific agreement with certain suppliers or manufacturers or when managing any minimum spend thresholds you need to meet.

Find out more about Manufacturer Preferences

Find out more about Product Preferences

The Drug Tariff Review feature advises you of any generic products that are above the current Drug Tariff price via the PharmAssist website. You can choose to: 

‘Warn’ - will display a warning within PharmAssist.

‘Block’ - will remove the product from your cascade so you won’t be able to order it through PharmAssist. Settings can be applied for the entire list or you can manually change the settings for individual products.

If email notifications are enabled, you will receive an email when:

• A line is marked as ‘warn’ and the stock will be supplied from an over Drug Tariff supplier.
• A line is marked as ‘block’ and stock wasn’t available from any supplier under Drug Tariff price.

Once authorised by you, PharmAssist will also automate an email for all PharmAssist customers to the PSNC/CPS so that we can have maximum impact on concession pricing. The Drug Tariff Review feature can be located on the PharmAssist Customer Portal.

You will find more details in the ‘Help’ section of the Drug Tariff Review.

Automate your Drug Tariff Review

Supplier Timeline - allows you to dictate the specific times throughout the day where you want a particular supplier to be ‘turned off’, therefore ensuring your system will not process any orders to that supplier during that time.

Where a supplier has an earlier cut off time than others you can temporarily remove that supplier from your cascade after the specified time, therefore ensuring a timely supply of medicines for your patients.

Find out more about the Supplier Timeline

Virtual Warehouse – allows you to manage any excess, short dated or bulk stock across your branches.

The Virtual Warehouse gives you full visibility of all excess stock registered on your system and enables you to better manage stock to reduce the risk of having to write off products.

• Increase Numark rebates by dispensing brands when cost-effective.
• Avoid overpaying for low-volume lines with automatic PI checks.
• Cover generic, parallel import, and surgical products.
• Factor in discounts from full line suppliers
• New improved reporting dashboard
• Price by supplier now visible
• See full order history
• Price contains Drug Tariff and Drug Tariff minus clawback.

Save about an hour a day, giving you time for three extra MURs or NMSs—potentially an extra £84 daily!

We encourage you to log in, explore what’s new and let us know what you think. Welcome to PharmAssist - a smarter, simpler buying experience built for you.

Contact the PharmAssist team and they will be happy to discuss any queries you may have and explain how different elements of their offering can benefit your pharmacy.

Email: info@PharmAssistSolutions.co.uk 
Telephone: 0113 447 0210

We encourage you to log in, explore what’s new and let us know what you think. Welcome to PharmAssist - a smarter, simpler buying experience built for you.