It's one of the first questions that comes up once a practice decides to move the whole team into matching, personalised scrubs: how many sets does each person actually need? Too few, and someone's back in an old top by Wednesday. Too many, and you've overspent on uniforms that sit in a drawer.
There's a practical answer, and it doesn't take much working out.
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Two sets per clinician is the practical minimum: one being worn, one in the wash. For an eight-person team, that's 8 × 2 = 16 sets. It works, but it leaves no slack. A spilt coffee, a late laundry run, or a clinician who likes a fresh top after every patient, and someone's short.
Three sets per clinician removes almost all of that risk: the same eight-person team becomes 8 × 3 = 24 sets. There's always a spare in reserve, whichever two are in the wash or drying.
Most practices land on two as the baseline and three for anyone in a high-turnover role. That's usually a more comfortable answer than trying to apply one number to everyone.
The right count depends less on job title and more on how the day runs.
A mixed team doesn't need a single rule. Two sets for front-of-house and three for clinical staff is a completely normal split, and it's one of the simplest ways to keep the uniform budget sensible without anyone running short.
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A new hire doesn't need a special exception. They just follow whatever standard the rest of the team already has, at the same per-set price. Because staff name and practice name embroidery is included as standard with no setup fees, and there's no minimum order for future reorders, adding one more person's sets, or replacing a single worn-out top, costs the same proportionally as the original order. There's no reason to hold off getting a new starter properly kitted out before their first shift.
Cutting back to one set per person to save on the initial order almost always costs more in the long run. Either there's a rushed top-up order later, or staff quietly reach for whatever mismatched top is clean, which undoes the point of a consistent team uniform in the first place. Two sets is the floor worth budgeting for, not the target to shave down from.
Two sets per clinician is the practical minimum for most teams: one to wear, one in the wash. Three sets removes almost all risk of running short, particularly for clinical roles with frequent changes or a busy laundry cycle.
No. New starters simply follow the same standard as the rest of the team. Staff name and practice name embroidery is included as standard with no setup fees, so adding a new starter's sets costs the same per set as the original order.
That's normal and doesn't complicate an order. Tell us the split when you request team pricing, for example two sets for reception and three for clinical staff, and it's priced accordingly.
No. There's no minimum order for future reorders, so you can add a single replacement set for one person without reordering for the whole team.
Once you know roughly how many sets you need, per person, the next step is pricing. £110 is the standard individual and reorder price, with staff name and practice name embroidery included as standard. Team orders start from £99 per personalised set, with preferential pricing available for larger team requirements. Every team order also comes with a Stitchwell Clinic Account, which keeps each clinician's approved style, colour, size and embroidery details on file, so replacements and new-starter orders never mean starting from scratch. Get team pricing and tell us your team size and how many sets you need per person, and we'll prepare the right quote.