Automation consumables
Your one-stop home of pharmacy automation consumables. Whether it is for a hub and spoke operation, or for in-house dispensing equipment such as MDS trays, we have a rnage of options for you.
We are also proud to be the exclusive consumbales partner for Hub and Spoke specialists Centred Solutions.
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Hub & Spoke
From October 2025, new hub & spoke legislation will open the door for independent pharmacies and groups alike to embrace automation in a way that was never possible before. At the same time, the Government’s 10-Year Health Plan is reshaping community pharmacy’s role, moving the focus from dispensing towards prevention, digital integration, and clinical care.
Hub and Spoke dispensing allows pharmacies to streamline how medicines are prepared and supplied. Under this system, a central “hub” pharmacy uses automation to assemble prescriptions on behalf of “spoke” pharmacies, which then supply the medicines directly to patients. This approach reduces repetitive workload, increases accuracy and efficiency, and frees pharmacists to focus more on patient care and clinical services.
Next day delivery on thousands of products.
You can rely on us.
A family business since 1962. Delivering excellence every day to over 7000 pharmacies across the UK.
Proud to partner with Centred Solutions as the preferred consumables supplier
Hub and Spoke specialists Centred Solutions are the UK's leading specialists of Hub and Spoke solutions with full hub & spoke automation, original-pack repeat dispensing workflow, robotics and labelling (FLowRx) and PMR integration designed for pharmacies of all sizes.
EMT Healthcare is the preferred supplier of automation consumables for their automation workflows. Our products have been chosen to provide the best quality, ensuring minimal downtime of the robotics.
Hub and Spoke Automation Consumables
Hub and Spoke: How Does It work?
The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 ammendement has come into affect to make Hub and Spoke possible for all pharmacies across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Hub may assemble medicines for a spoke (the pharmacy) they don't own, allowing pharmacies to utilise hubs to remove the manual work form the pharmacy and create more time for services and other key roles of a pharmacist. Read more about Hub and Spoke here.
Automation is more than Hub and Spoke!
Automation in pharmacy isn't just about Hub and Spoke dispensing. There are plenty of other options on the market that allow you to automate elements of your dispensing process to minimise task-based activities to free time for staff to move onto other important functions, for example MDS automation can take away highly repetitive work and is one of the areas we have developed a range of products for.
Our Pillbook Ultra™, for example, is compatible with BD Parata XF™ and BD Parata Ultra™ and our Pillbook is compatible with desktop solutions such as Avonnex's Celia automated blister filling.
Whatever automation you are looking to invest in, let us know, we can work with you to find the right solution for you!
MDS Trays for Automation
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