Qestmed’s Hospital Division services some 35 independent private hospitals on a national basis with both branded and generic pharmaceuticals as well as surgical consumables. The division allows for bulk purchasing from suppliers and performs fine distribution activities to its customers nationally. Its’ in-house customer services consultants assist and support the hospital pharmacies in both procurement decisions as well as stock managment; an area that has become extremely crucial in the ” single exit price ” ( SEP ) and ” net acquisition price ” ( NAP ) enviroment, where the hospital pharmacy has become a  ” cost centre “.