that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there s a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says they ve been issued 50 times in the past two years but in the two years before that, just 15 were issued. a whole range of medicines have been affected including for angina, epilepsy, adhd and cystic fibrosis. university student amber lives with cystic fibrosis and is struggling to get medication that helps her digest food. without it, i basically can t eat. also, to try and get the medicine, i m having to drive around for hours
says that over the past two years there s been a threefold increase in the use of what are called serious shortage protocols, which allow them to prescribe an alternative when a drug isn t available. dominic hughes reports. pharmacists say the supply of medicines is complicated. it s an international business that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices, and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there s a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says they ve been issued 50 times in the past two years, but in the two years before that, just 15 were issued. a whole range of medicines have been affected including forangina, epilepsy, adhd, and cystic fibrosis. unive
that was catherine byaruhanga there. pharmacists say there s growing evidence of a crisis in the supply of medications in the uk. the national pharmacy association, which represents independent community pharmacists, says that over the past two years there s been a threefold increase in the use of what are called serious shortage protocols, which allow them to prescribe an alternative when a drug isn t available. dominic hughes reports. pharmacists say the supply of medicines is complicated. it s an international business that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices, and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there s a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says t
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