In a previous post, we noted how a hub and spoke model for community pharmacy had been promoted on the basis of a limited safety case. The hub and spoke model that was described was one in which items would be assembled at a hub site that would serve a number of dispensing sites, such as community pharmacies. Although the hub and spoke model has been used by a number of companies, changes to the law were required to allow community pharmacies to buy access to hub services from a company other than their own