is like carnage for. really stressful for, like, a normal student, but a student that can t eat properly like, can t find the medicine that keeps me alive that stress is just unimaginable! pharmacists say they are increasingly having to turn patients away. unfortunately, because of the issues that we re currently facing with medicine shortages, we are having to turn patients away. and we see first hand the stress that it causes for a lot of patients particularly those who have been on these medicines for a long time, or they re seeking the medicines for their children. and it s heartbreaking for us as health care professionals, as pharmacists, to have to send patients away, or to have to tell them that they re going to have to wait longer to get the medicines. the uk is not the only country in the world experiencing problems with drug supplies it s a global issue. but the npa says it wants all the main parties in the election to commit to tackling the shortages. dominic hughes,
he s put outjust now. just to stress, this investigation really has been something rumbling along in scottish politics, occasionally flaring up, but three years this investigation has been going on and a lot of questions being asked about when exactly it will reach any sort of conclusion. when exactly it will reach any sort of conclusion. david, we will leave it there. thank of conclusion. david, we will leave it there. thank you of conclusion. david, we will leave it there. thank you very of conclusion. david, we will leave it there. thank you very much - of conclusion. david, we will leave it there. thank you very much forl it there. thank you very much for that update. thank you. a leading thinktank has warned that medicine shortages are a new normal in the uk, and are being made worse by brexit. the report, by the nuffield trust, found that drug shortages in the uk more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, including for things like epilepsy medicine and antiobiotics. manufa
The European Commission adopted on 24 October a set of actions to better prevent and mitigate critical medicine shortages in the EU, this winter, next winter and beyond.