Trusts saved £509,684 with Top Proven Switches in 2017.
A Top Proven Switch is a like for like product switch that provides the opportunity to save money on some of the regular products.
All of our Top Proven Switches have been evaluated, tried and tested by other trusts so you can be confident that you’re getting a quality product with equally good patient outcomes, at a lower price.
241 trusts have taken advantage of at least one of our Top Proven Switches in 2017 and in 2016, customers saved a total of £377,745.
Further information please read the Top Proven Switches fact sheet in the Downloads ▼ section below.
Top Proven Switches Opportunities
| Switching opportunity | Contract | Current NPC | Comparable NPC(s) | % saving |
| Dressing IV vapour-permeable adhesive film sterile (10cm x 12cm central line catheters) | General Wound Care | ELW054 | ELW833 ELW652 | 73% |
| Tape medical adhesive plastic perforated (2.5cm x 10m) latex free | General Wound Care | EHA053 | EHA020 EHA044 | 32% |
| Wipe patient wet hand wipes individually wrapped (50gsm, 180mm x 160mm, 100 wipes per pack) | Skin Cleansing | VJT177 | VJT407 | 28% |
| Liners with lids (2 Litre) | Suction Consumables | FSE016 | FSE133 | 21% |
| Barrier cream non sterile (2g) | General Wound Care | ELY569 | ELY536 | 10% |
| Barrier cream non sterile (28g) | General Wound Care | ELY571 | ELY563 | 10% |
| Barrier cream non sterile (92g) | General Wound Care | ELY568 | ELY538 | 10% |
| Barrier cream non sterile (115g) | General Wound Care | ELZ537 | ELY607 | 10% |
| Gelling fibres | Advanced Wound Care | All varieties | ELY620 ELY621 ELY622 ELY623 | 8% |
| Foam dressing | Advanced Wound Care | All varieties | ELA362 ELA361 ELA359 | 26% |
‘Proven Switch’ definition: based on an alternative already adopted by some NHS Supply Chain customer(s), which offer the largest potential savings nationally (i.e. across all of NHS Supply Chain’s customers). Identified based on the purchase history of customers, where the sales have stopped on the primary product and then started on the identified alternative product. Forecasted savings have been calculated based on the band 1 price of the primary product (i.e. the products currently used by trusts) minus the band 1 price of the alternative product multiplied by the last 12 months actual quantity purchased where a switch has been detected (switch: where sales have stopped on the primary product and then started on the identified alternative product). Potential savings have been calculated based on the band 1 price of the primary product (i.e. the products currently used by trusts) minus the band 1 price of the alternative product multiplied by the last 12 months actual quantity purchased. ‘No of trusts purchasing comparable products’ refers to NHS Supply Chain customers who already purchase the alternative product, this does not reflect the number of trusts who have made the switch from the primary to the alternative product. Trusts should check with clinical teams that the alternative product is suitable for its dedicated use in each instance. All savings and prices correct at time of publication. Read More / Read Less… »