What is Hospital Mart?
17 July 2007
Simple, ethical and cost effective, Hospital Mart is a web based platform for the sale of used or surplus medical equipment, devices and medicines. Hospital trusts, clinics and surgeries, medical equipment manufacturers, and private, specialist and overseas hospitals can all benefit from Hospital Mart's innovative service.
NHS hospitals, trusts, PCT's and associated healthcare organisations can find a platform from which to sell their unwanted or surplus equipment and pharmaceuticals through Hospital Mart. Because vendors are only charged a fee of 10% of their product's selling price once a sale has been succesfully made, Hospital Mart operates on a 'no sale, no fee' basis, meaning the seller only stands to gain through using the service.
Healthcare organisations can locate a complete range of products and services from other NHS healthcare organisations, suppliers and overseas healthcare providers and private healthcare companies ranging from angioplasty baloons to zimmer frames.
Hospital Mart's product/service locator can also be used to advertise for the products or services required for a fee of £100 for 30 days advertising.
HOSPITAL MART'S MISSION
The key motivation behind Hospital Mart's unique and pioneering service is to promote the most effective use of medical resources by enabling hospitals to recycle and re-use equipment that would otherwise be disposed of. Not only does this mean that buyer and seller alike can benefit from valuable additional income and a wider range of resources at discount prices, it also reduces the cost and impact, both economical and environmental, that destroying otherwise valid medical equipment and drugs would entail.
Recent research conducted on healthcare managers has identified that the average hospital has a minimum of £100,000 worth of redundant or surplus stock. By re-selling rather than disposing of this, the NHS could realise some £43 million worth of savings - funds that could be redirected to more critical healthcare sectors.
Hospital Mart is dedicated to promoting the most efficient and ethical use of healthcare resources, and subsequently donates a percentage of its revenue to help fund the procurement and distribution of essential medical equipment and supplies to the countries that need them the most.
Hospital Mart:
Simple
Cost effective
Ethical
