{"id":3161,"date":"2017-09-07T11:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T10:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta2017.ingenicasolutions.co.uk\/?p=3161"},"modified":"2017-09-07T11:26:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T10:26:20","slug":"mdet-article-operation-inventory-management-lancashire-teaching-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ingenicasolutions.co.uk\/mdet-article-operation-inventory-management-lancashire-teaching-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"MDET Article: Operation inventory management &#8211; Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>August 2017, Issue 3 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdetjournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MDET<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The Journal of Medical Device Education &amp; Training<\/h3>\n<p>When staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust began looking at how they could improve the organisation\u2019s inventory management, the operating theatres were an obvious place to start.<\/p>\n<p>The department had the highest spend on stock, but also had real issues with managing it. It was difficult to get a clear picture of which products were available, meaning they were either under- or over-ordered. Wastage was common, because goods were not used within an appropriate timeframe. It really wasn\u2019t conducive to meeting the NHS-wide challenge of improving care at the same time as increasing financial efficiency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialistpublishers.com\/MDET%20Vol%201%20Issue%203.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can find the full article here on page 18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2017, Issue 3 &#8211;\u00a0MDET\u00a0&#8211; The Journal of Medical Device Education &amp; Training When staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust began looking at how they could improve the organisation\u2019s inventory management, the operating theatres were an obvious place to start. 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