Seven in ten pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk in past six months

Exclusive: Responding to a survey of 1,265 UK-based pharmacists working in all sectors, 861 answered ‘Yes’ when asked if medicines shortages have put patients at risk “in the past six months”.
Pharmacist organising prescriptions in a dispensary
Some respondents to The Pharmaceutical Journal's survey said they were particularly concerned about shortages of ADHD medicines, antiepileptics and medicine to treat diabetes, including insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists

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Medicine shortages are putting patients in “distressing situations”, with nearly 70% of pharmacists warning that shortages have put patients at risk in the past six months, a survey of more than 1,200 UK pharmacists has revealed.

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