General Purchasing

Our priority is to take the stress out of purchasing, so you can focus on running your practice. With our powerful procurement and stock control system, combined with personal support from your dedicated Support Manager, you save both time and money every day.

Buying Power & Market Insight

• £10m+ annual buying power (excluding medicines).
• Weekly benchmarking across 15+ suppliers ensures consistently competitive pricing.
• Members regularly save compared to market rates, often avoiding prices that can be double what others pay.

Dedicated Support Manager

• Your personal buying expert provides ongoing advice, sourcing, and quote support.
• Helps with supplier issues, delivery queries and order troubleshooting.
• Ensures your practice maintains buying consistency, even during staff changes.

Streamlined Procurement

• Order from 40,000+ products and all leading brands on a single platform.
• Supplier Stock Tracker shows in-stock, low stock and upcoming deliveries.
• Integration with multiple suppliers avoids logging into different websites or call centres.
• Market changes are tracked in real-time, allowing quick negotiations for the best price.

• One-stop ordering, avoid managing multiple accounts.

• Personalised catalogue with preferred products speeds up order creation.

• Staff handover is simple: purchasing remains consistent when roles change or staff are on leave.

• Non-clinical staff can manage clinical purchases, freeing up clinicians’ time.

• Avoid repetitive price checks, unnecessary sales calls and unreliable supplier incentives.

• Prices update automatically in your catalogue.
• Manage multiple sites from one centralized basket or buying champion.
• Communicate directly with suppliers and your Support Manager through the built-in messaging system.
• Asset purchases link automatically to your Asset Register, including manuals, cleaning schedules and task tracking.
• COSHH data sheets available instantly for compliance and safety.
• Reports provide oversight of spend by product, category or location.

• Supplier IT integration enables electronic ordering to cut out errors and speed up processing.
• Reduced risk of back orders and rejected purchase orders thanks to live stock visibility.
• Volume buying discounts are passed directly onto members.

• Expiry date tracking to reduce wastage on products and supplies.
• Task management integration – link procurement directly to tasks (e.g., cleaning, servicing).
• Invoice management – all purchasing and invoicing in one place, avoiding manual reconciliations.
• Private messaging between staff, suppliers and your Support Manager within the platform.
• Reports for management accounts – providing insight into spend efficiency and supporting decision-making.

In Summary

With The Surgery Network, you gain:

• Lowest possible pricing from trusted suppliers.
• Streamlined processes that reduce admin and human error.
• Full visibility of stock, tasks and asset-related purchases.
• Consistent support from your own dedicated Support Manager.
• Time back to focus on patient care while maintaining strong cost control.