DDA Dispensary profitability survey Question Title * 1. How many individual dispensary staff members do you employ? Question Title * 2. How many WTE does this equate to? Question Title * 3. What % of your dispensary team are paid less than £12.75/hour? Question Title * 4. Please provide your estimated total monthly dispensary wage bill for 2025-26 (incl. NIC) to nearest £1K Question Title * 5. Please provide your average monthly dispensing volume Question Title * 6. How has your dispensing profitability changed over the past three years (2022/23-2024/25? Better About the same Worse Please estimate the % change Question Title * 7. What proportion of medicines do you dispense at a loss? Question Title * 8. How does your practice intend to pay for the NI increases associated with your dispensary staff? (Tick all that apply) Reduce partner pay Reduce staffing Reduce opening hours Reduce dispensary stockholding Reduce patient services Reduce investment in practice improvements Draw on financial reserves Use new income source, eg, bank loan/overdraft? Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. What percentage of your dispensing patients are in receipt of State benefits? Question Title * 10. During the past year, what percentage of your dispensing patients have discussed refusing a prescribed item due to financial hardship? Done