‘New normal’ of medicine shortages a ‘significant burden on pharmacists’

Constantly elevated medicines shortages have cost NHS England (NHSE) £220 million more than usual in a year and created “a great deal of extra work” for pharmacists, a new report has found.

The report found that there was a “paucity of data for the UK” compared with EU countries
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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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