Medical courier services are a key element of the Distribusha portfolio of services. We pride ourselves on having highly experienced couriers who have been with Distribusha for any years and who have the experience and expertise to handle medical equipment with the greatest of care and professional standards. So, what do you know about medical courier services? Perhaps what we have written below will help you to get a better understanding of just what an invaluable service this is.
What is a same day medical courier service?
As the name would suggest, a same day medical courier service is one where medical equipment and supplies can be collected from one location, and delivered to a second location, whether it be the home of a private individual, or the surgery of a medical professional. Here at Distribusha, our same day medical delivery service is not restricted to traditional 9-5 office hours – we can collect as early in the day as required and deliver as late in the day providing we can access the premises and there is someone there to sign for receipt of the delivery.
The benefits of a same day medical courier service and when is a same day medical courier service useful?
A patient who spends a day longer than they need to in a hospital bed not only costs the NHS money, but it also means another patient may be delayed by a day in having an important operation as there is always a shortage of available beds. If a patient makes a sufficiently rapid recover in hospital but will still require time to recuperate at home, that rapid recovery cannot be assumed in advance, so it can sometimes only be on the same day they are discharged that a patient knows they will be going home. However, they may need the aid of medical equipment once they are back home – a bed, wheelchair, respiratory equipment – and they will need to be in place before they get home. A quick call to Distribusha and our medical delivery couriers will leap into action and provide a same day delivery of what is needed.
What is a next day medical courier service and what are the benefits of a next day medical courier service?
I next day medical courier delivery service is exactly what it says it is – the delivery of products the day after they have been collected. This service is often used when the goods to be delivered are not going to be available until the close of business sone day, and can’t be delivered to the recipient before they have also closed for the day. Next day medical delivery services work well when, distance permitting, an early morning delivery for urgent medical equipment is required. However, for the manufacturers of specialist medical equipment, it can be that either a new machine or replacement part is needed by a customer who is 300 miles away, a next day courier service is simply more realistic and practical.
How to choose between a same day medical courier service and a next day medical courier service?
The initial consideration is how urgent the delivery is. If it can wait for 24 hours to be delivered, then you don’t need a same-day delivery service unless you really want to impress your customers.
Next there is distance – is it physically possible to deliver the item(s) the same day?
Then there is cost, and this is an interesting final element to take into consideration. As you might expect, same day delivery is more expensive that next day delivery. However, both these services don’t have to be booked on the spur of the moment or on an as and when needed basis. You can book a same day medical delivery courier weeks in advance, and the same applies to next day medical courier services. For each, booking in advance can help lower costs. And it just keeps getting better, and if you require regular courier services, then costs can be further reduced with what we refer to as contract courier services or contract medical courier services, and then, finally, we have scheduled medical courier deliver services which are keenly priced as if we can schedule a delivery in advance, we can usually create a schedule that maximises the use of our staff on that particular day.
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