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DDA Dispensary profitability survey
1.
How many individual dispensary staff members do you employ?
2.
How many WTE does this equate to?
3.
What % of your dispensary team are paid less than £12.75/hour?
4.
Please provide your estimated total monthly dispensary wage bill for 2025-26 (incl. NIC) to nearest £1K
5.
Please provide your average monthly dispensing volume
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
7.
What proportion of medicines do you dispense at a loss?
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)
9.
What percentage of your dispensing patients are in receipt of State benefits?
10.
During the past year, what percentage of your dispensing patients have discussed refusing a prescribed item due to financial hardship?