We all know that the UK healthcare sector is the heartbeat of our nation’s wellbeing, but it's also a major driver of the economy. With over 3 million people employed (and 1.5 million in the NHS alone) and over £120 billion in revenue generated each year, it’s also a vital source of innovation, with more than £30 billion invested annually into research and development. Yet behind these impressive figures lie mounting pressures that threaten both operational efficiency and patient outcomes.
From an ageing population leading to an increase in demand for chronic care, to rising costs of cutting-edge treatments and an ongoing shortage of skilled staff (particularly in nursing and midwifery), healthcare organisations face significant hurdles. When every minute and pound matter, even legacy infrastructure like print can become an obstacle to progress.
Facing Today’s Pressures, Simply and Effectively
From printing medication labels and consent forms to clinical reports and patient discharge documents, healthcare relies on print every day. However, there is a familiar challenge for many hospitals and other healthcare centres – you have printers from multiple suppliers with no central maintenance agreement, leading to costly repairs and unreliable uptime. And while traditional managed print contracts exist, they’re often fragmented, leaving healthcare providers juggling inconsistent billing, service levels, and outdated hardware across departments.
Whether you’re an NHS Trust, private hospital, or community care provider, these fragmented printer fleets, mismatched contracts, and inconsistent billing structures can slow your staff down and waste precious resources. Without centralised management, disparate devices across departments - from reception and patient records, to wards and labs - can lead to missed maintenance, expensive downtime, and burdensome admin tasks.
By the very nature of the care they provider, healthcare facilities must of course always operate with great urgency. Delays in documentation like discharge summaries, treatment plans, or lab reports can directly impact care quality or even threaten lives and wellbeing. In an environment where even minor inefficiencies can ripple into major consequences, clarity and control over print operations isn’t a luxury, it’s essential. This is where Konica Minolta’s OneRate comes in.
Introducing OneRate for Healthcare: Smart Printing Without the Stress
With a long history of manufacturing, supplying, and supporting managed print services for the UK Healthcare sector, Konica Minolta is acutely aware of the potential complications and hurdles that healthcare providers can face. Having spoken to many healthcare leaders about their pain points and needs, we have launched OneRate - a simple, transparent, and hassle-free fixed rate printing solution that eliminates the complexities of traditional pay-per-print contracts.
As printing and scanning costs can be unpredictable, with fluctuating usage, hidden fees, price escalations, complex billing, and frustrating administrative tasks, OneRate eliminates these obstacles, allowing you and your team to focus on what truly matters – providing patient care.
Put simply, all your printing and scanning expenses are consolidated into a single, fixed quarterly bill with no surprises. As a flat rate print service, you know how much it will cost and that you will get the print provision your staff and patients need. You will have a regular, predictable print cost, with no inflation-driven price hikes, and no billing complications or contract confusion. There is no need for laborious and time-consuming manual meter read submissions, and consumables (such as toner) are automatically ordered and delivered exactly when you need them, all under the same fixed price printer contract. You get clarity, cost control, and efficiency in one straightforward and cost-effective print solution, so your team can stay focused on patients, not printers.
What’s included?
OneRate is as comprehensive as it is easy-to-use. This means it covers all prints, scans, and toner – you just add paper! You have access to the latest print technology, expertly tailored by our team to your needs. On top of this, you have expert technical support & account management with proactive printer maintenance that is on-hand whenever you need assistance or parts supplied to ensure your print provision remains operational and reliable. This is all included with a fixed yearly escalation of just 5%.
Billing couldn’t be easier either. With clear print billing, you can make simple payments via direct debit; no POs are required, which will reduce your hospital or healthcare facility’s invoice processing overheads and simplify your accounts payable workflows. There are no calls or emails required for meter reading either, and the associated print infrastructure (including software and servers to manage print) is all included, which will also free up IT time and relieve a burden that your IT department will be very happy to lose!
A new and far better approach to your print
Konica Minolta’s OneRate is not just a pricing model, we genuinely believe it’s a revolution in how healthcare providers handle their print operations. Designed for efficiency, transparency, and financial predictability, OneRate ensures you never overpay, never struggle with reconciliation, and never waste time managing consumables as it provides automated print supplies.
OneRate empowers your healthcare organisation to reduce overheads, free up clinical time, and boost operational resilience. It ensures front-line staff aren’t bogged down by printing delays or out-of-service devices. Finance teams benefit from predictable and easy-to-process bills. Your IT teams can reallocate time to more strategic initiatives, without printer management distractions. With OneRate, you can meet that need reliably and affordably, with the simplicity today’s healthcare climate demands.
So why tolerate an expensive, chaotic, complex and potentially frustrating print service when you can make it simple, reliable, cost-effective and stress-free with OneRate?
For more details on how OneRate can help your healthcare facility reduce printing costs visit our Healthcare Solutions page.
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