Online Non Prescription Ordering Service
Simplifying Wound Management
Health Care Professionals and NHS organisations face the challenge of balancing the increasingly complex wound treatment and management needs of their patients with ever decreasing resources.
We believe that transformation of wound care supply and distribution is possible through ONPOS, our Online Non-Prescription Ordering Service.
Launched in 2004, ONPOS continues to be a market leading non-prescription service provider and today 80 organisations use ONPOS in more than 2,800 locations across the UK.
ONPOS is proven to deliver the right dressing at the right time and simplifies the delivery of wound care in managing and improving compliance, reducing wastage as well as reducing total wound management spend.
Benefits include:
- Improved Formulary compliance of 85-99%1,2,3
- Reduction in product wastage1,2,3
- Simplified process to acquire dressings and save time1,2,3
- Improved patient care and experience5
- 20% reduction in wound care community spend3
- Service & spend monitoring via real-time data to identify savings1,2,5
For more information or to arrange a call with our Healthcare Partnership Managers, email woundcareuk@coloplast.com or freephone on 0330 175 5836
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Clinical Evidence
ONPOS Online Ordering System
ONPOS is an online non-prescription ordering service (ONPOS) provided by Coloplast that enables formulary wound dressing products to be purchased from a variety of supply routes without needing a prescription or paperwork.
Wound care service development: role of partnership working and education delivery
Understand how partnership working with both colleagues and industry enabled improved wound care education delivery and uptake among a generalist community workforce.
Using an online non-prescription ordering service
Infographic to highlight the efficiency and reduction in unwarranted variation achieved following the implementation of ONPOS.
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust case study
Learn how the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust improved 100% formulary compliance in 12 months with the switch from supply chain to ONPOS.
North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative
The challenge for NHS East Riding of Yorkshire and community wound care.
Simplifying the delivery of Wound Care services through an Online Non Prescription Ordering Ser
Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group Pre and Post ONPOS survey results from 13 Community Nursing teams and Tissue Viability Service
Working in partnership to implement change in wound dressings use
The provision of comprehensive clinically effective, yet also cost-effective, wound care is beset with challenges due to rising numbers of patients with chronic conditions and associated wounds (Guest et al, 2015; 2017; Martinengo et al, 2019).
References
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- Grothier, L., (2013). Reflections on the implementation of a Web based non-prescription ordering system. Wounds UK 9(2):51-5
- Griffin, J., (2015) Driving efficiencies in the wound care expenditure through service redesign utilising an online non –prescription ordering service. Wounds UK 11(3):1-6
- Jones. L., Using an online non-prescription ordering service to drive efficiency and reduce unwarranted variation in wound care product use and spend. JCN 2020, Vol 34, N0.1
- Young, J., McGrath, AA., Milne, J.(2018). Case study report of the effective use of a conforming foam dressing with 3DFit Technology on wounds up to 2cms in depth without the need for a filler dressing. Wounds UK Harrogate
- Markey, P., Barrett, S., (2017) The benefits of using an online ordering service to improve efficiency in wound care services. Br J Healthcare Manage 23(11): 1-7
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