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The i Paper
Medicine shortages forced emergency rubber-stamp on 50 drugs in two years
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National warnings of medicine shortages have more than tripled in the past two years as the UK continues to grapple with a drug shortage crisis, The i Paper can reveal.
The Government was forced to intervene 50 times to authorise the emergency use of alternative drugs for patients via a Serious Shortage Protocols (SSP) because of “acute” medicine shortages, according to an analysis by a leading industry body.
Experts have said that the findings revealed “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of the severity of the challenges currently facing pharmacists and their patients, with increasing fears about the threat to patients’ health.
The Government was forced to intervene 50 times to authorise the emergency use of alternative drugs for patients via a Serious Shortage Protocols (SSP) because of “acute” medicine shortages, according to an analysis by a leading industry body.
Experts have said that the findings revealed “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of the severity of the challenges currently facing pharmacists and their patients, with increasing fears about the threat to patients’ health.
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