Platform features

More context when the decision needs it.

MDL Connect keeps the everyday journey simple, then brings forward the tools, information and support that help when a product or order needs closer attention.

Five pharmacy jobs

Grouped around what your team is actually trying to do

These capabilities sit on top of the everyday Plan, Order, Track and Reconcile journey. Not everything matters equally, so the page follows five jobs, moving from understanding what may need attention to keeping the record straight afterwards.

1 · Understand

See what may need attention before you search.

A quiet monthly view brings together the dispensing insight and account activity worth a look, so your team starts with the right questions rather than an empty search box.

  • Monthly NHS dispensing insight, kept clearly periodic rather than live.
  • Relevant product-level demand patterns for your pharmacy.
  • Activity recorded through MDL Connect, shown alongside the insight.
  • The difference between an estimate and a confirmed requirement, always visible.

The platform does not see live pharmacy stock or every purchase made through other suppliers. The pharmacy reviews the information and decides what it needs.

Insights · this month
Sample data
12
Back in stock
8
Short-dated
15
Top margin lines
6
Worth a look
Best margin firstIn stock onlyShort-dated firstHide low lines
Nutritional supplement
200ml · multipack
Back in stock
Advanced wound dressing
10 × 10cm
Worth a look
Everyday medical device
pack of 50
Short-dated
2 · Choose

Compare the information that changes the decision.

When a line needs a closer look, the detail that affects the decision sits together, so a choice is made on clear information, not guesswork.

  • Clear product descriptions.
  • Pack and selling-unit information.
  • Availability, with expiry shown where relevant.
  • Suitable shorter-dated options, offered for you to take or leave.
  • Price-review requests, raised from the product.
  • Suggested alternatives where supported.
In principle
  • No automatic ordering.
  • No automatic substitution.
  • A price challenge is a request, not an agreed price.
  • Suitability and the purchasing choice stay with the pharmacy.
Swap and save
Sample data
A short-dated alternative is available
Same line, closer expiry, and the choice is yours.
Your line
Standard stock
Full-dated
Alternative
Short-dated
Expiry shown clearly
£0.00
See if we can do it

This is a request. Nothing changes until it is agreed.

3 · Build the order

Build a practical order without losing the detail.

Larger, regular orders come together in one place, with the pack and quantity detail kept in view and support to keep the order complete if a line becomes unavailable.

  • Larger-order and bulk-order planning, where available on your account.
  • Pack size and quantity kept connected as you build.
  • Complete-order support when a line becomes unavailable, so you choose any alternative.
  • Order arrangements that depend on your account, rather than a fixed promise.

Order and delivery arrangements depend on your account. A demonstration is the clearest way to see the options available to your pharmacy.

Bulk order · BLK-00000821
Sample data
Order type
Bulk monthly order
Editable until
Your cut-off date
Oral nutritional supplement
200ml · assorted
480
units
Compact feed
125ml
300
units
Fibre feed
500ml
180
units
Build larger orders across the products you use regularly, editable up to your cut-off.
Basket · complete your order
Sample data
One line is short on stock
Compact feed 125mlWanted 100 · available 80
Shortage: 20 units
Suitable alternatives
Compact feed alternative
In stock · covers the shortfall
Add 20
Suggested alternativeYou choose whether to add it
4 · Benefit over time

Relevant opportunities, without turning every visit into a promotion.

Alongside everyday ordering, relevant opportunities appear where they fit, kept separate from the buying decision, and never dressed up as a constant sales pitch.

  • Relevant offers, shown in context.
  • Manufacturer-supported opportunities, where you are eligible.
  • Optional Pharmacy Rewards, so you take part if it suits you.
  • Voucher or reward balances, earned only from completed rewards.
  • Eligibility is account-specific.

Price challenges, manufacturer support and rewards are kept separate. Taking part in rewards does not change any clinical or professional decision.

Pharmacy Rewards
Sample data
Active reward
Hit the target to unlock it
In progress68% there
Reward on completion
Earned only when the full target is met.
Voucher
Vouchers
Sample data
Reward balance
Ready to spend
Reward voucher
Ready to use at checkout
Available
Reward voucher
From a completed target
Available
Reward voucher
Used on a recent order
Redeemed
5 · Stay in control

The useful record continues after the order.

Once an order is placed, the record stays connected, from tracking through to the documents that follow, with reported issues kept distinct from issued outcomes.

  • Order tracking and delivery information.
  • Missing-item and return reporting, linked to the order.
  • Invoices and issued credits.
  • Supporting account documents, kept against the order.
Account records · one order
Sample data
Invoice
Against the order
Available
Credit note
For an agreed adjustment
Applied
Return
Missing-item report
Under review

A reported issue stays under review until an outcome is confirmed. It is not the same as an issued credit.

See it in practice

See the features around a real working routine.

A demonstration is the clearest way to see which parts of MDL Connect are relevant to your pharmacy and which account-dependent options are available.