A large cancer hospital provide innovative cancer treatment options across a UK network of centres. Consultants, specialists and staff provide an all-encompassing and personalised cancer care service. Treatments include proton beam therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, along with a range of supportive care services. The hospital also offers a rapid MR imaging diagnostic service at each centre, which patients can access to identify a range of medical conditions, not just cancer.

REQUIREMENT
The cancer hospital needed a stocktaking solution to meet financial reporting deadlines, as the current process was too labour intensive.

The cancer hospital required RGIS to provide the following:

• Experience within a healthcare environment
• An alternative to pen and paper counts completed by in-house staff previously
• Quick, electronic data return for financial reports
• Experienced and trained auditors to complete inventories

SOLUTION
The cancer hospital partnered with RGIS to complete the stocktaking project, and provided the following:

• All wards were contacted to discuss preparation prior to the stocktake
• All wards had a specific time frame of schedules to work around patient needs
• The experienced RGIS team created an enhanced base program for the customer that utilised new inventory technologies
• The process replaced the pen and paper counts and provided a quick data return
• Knowledgeable and trained RGIS auditors worked the inventory, adding efficiency and accuracy
• Accurate data was then returned electronically following the inventory

RESULTS
The cancer hospital found by outsourcing the stocktaking project to RGIS, the following results were achieved:

• The hospital was able to meet the financial reporting deadlines with ease
• Consolidated data was available for immediate use, after the event on a USB drive
• The customer reported substantial cost savings
• The new inventory program needed less staff and fewer man-hours