16Jul

Clinical Services Revenue Calculator: what your clinical services are really worth

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Clinical services are increasingly where an independent pharmacy’s future income sits, but very few contractors have ever properly modelled what a specific service is actually worth to their business once real costs are accounted for.

The Clinical Services Revenue Calculator started life focused on point of care blood testing and has since grown to cover ear microsuction, PGD-based services and apprenticeship-linked income streams, reflecting the way pharmacies are diversifying their clinical offer. For each service, you can model expected volumes against real cost inputs, consumables, staff time, service tier pricing, to see where the breakeven point actually sits and what happens above it.

For blood testing specifically, the model reflects real supplier pricing structures, tiered by area type, alongside consumable costs, so the output is grounded in figures a contractor can actually expect to see rather than a generic assumption. Once your numbers are in, the calculator produces an AI-generated narrative report, setting out in plain English whether a given service is likely to be worth running at your volumes, and where the risk sits if volumes fall short.

The honest answer for most clinical services is that breakeven is closer than owners expect, and the ceiling above it is where the real value sits. This tool exists to show you exactly where that line falls for your own pharmacy, before you commit staff time and consumables to finding out the hard way.

—> Please contact us on info@pharmaplusltd.co.uk for a demo. *** FREE TO PHARMAPLUS MEMBERS ***

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dipen@pharmaplusltd.co.uk