HealthTech Company Scales to Fix UK's Prescription Bottlenecks

In the UK today, picking up a prescription can be anything but easy. Whether it's waiting days for a GP appointment, chasing paper slips between surgeries and pharmacies, or standing in line only to discover your medication is out of stock, the process can feel slow and stressful.

Healistic, a HealthTech company with a big vision: to fix Britain's broken prescription and medication delivery system with the same simplicity that food and shopping apps offer.

Backed by millions in funding and led by serial HealthTech entrepreneur Daniel Bulkin, Healistic combines digital prescriptions, live stock integration with local pharmacies, and quick home delivery (in London within 2 hours), all through one platform.

And it's working. The platform is supporting hundreds of private clinics across the UK, processing tens of thousands of prescriptions.

A Prescription Crisis in the UK

The UK's prescription system has long relied on a mix of manual paperwork, rigid processes, and fragmented service providers. But in 2024 and 2025, the strain has been particularly bad.

Funding pressures, price hikes, and pharmacy closures have made it harder for patients to get quick access to medication. According to the National Pharmacy Association, nearly 40% of community pharmacies in England say they are at risk of closure due to rising costs and medicine shortages.

For many patients, especially those with chronic conditions, this means delays in treatment, higher stress, and a huge admin burden. Clinicians are also impacted, losing valuable hours on prescription follow-ups, calls, and record-keeping.

Healistic has built a market-leading solution.

A Digital-First Experience

Healistic partners with pharmacies nationwide, giving these businesses a way to digitise their stock, reach new customers, and streamline operations.

Here's how it works:

1. A clinician uses the Healistic e-prescription software (which is free of charge for clinics) to issue a prescription.
2. The platform routes the order to a partner pharmacy.
3. Healistic's logistics network delivers the medication to the patient's door, within 2 hours in London, and within 24 hours UK-wide.

This digital pharmacy fulfilment solution not only improves access but cuts out delays caused by out-of-stock items, a common issue for high street pharmacies.

Healing the System from Within

What has helped Healistic scale so quickly is that it's not just building a healthtech platform, it's building a way to deliver better healthcare.

Clinicians and practice managers using the platform have reported a significant drop in prescription errors, faster fulfilment, and happier patients. Pharmacies eliminate dispensing errors. The system includes features like counterindications and automated refill scheduling for repeat prescriptions, offering peace of mind for all three parties: clinicians, patients, and pharmacies.

The Bigger Vision: Better Healthcare

For CEO Daniel Bulkin, Healistic is about more than prescriptions. His goal is to give doctors, pharmacists, and patients a more efficient way to work together.

"We believe that quick healthcare should be accessible to everyone, but unfortunately, in the UK, many people struggle to get the medication they need, when they need them," Bulkin told Tech Times. He adds, "Doctors also regularly battle with outdated digital systems and stock lists at pharmacies that are outdated. The sector needs help, and now."

"At Healistic, we've built and scaled the most efficient nationwide solution for prescription management and fulfilment. It's not just a state-of-the-art digital tool for clinicians, but an end-to-end patient-centric proposition, and a digital access tool for pharmacies."

Healistic offers a solution that resonates extraordinarily well in a post-pandemic UK, where patients want more speed, transparency, and control over their health journeys.

How One Company Is Fixing It All

Healistic is setting out to tackle the problem at both the front end (patient experience) and back end (clinical, pharmacy, and logistics systems).

With a model that uses existing pharmacies rather than building new fulfilment centres, the company can scale as quickly as needed, especially in urban areas, while supporting existing pharmacies.

Whether it's elderly patients unable to leave their homes, parents needing urgent meds at bedtime, busy professionals, or clinics looking to save 10+ hours of admin per week, Healistic is proving that the future of medicine is digital, efficient, and fast.