Government declares ‘national shortage’ of GLP-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes until 2024 The government attributed the shortages to “an increase in demand for these products for licensed and off-label indications”.…
Weight loss drug semaglutide added to list of medicines that cannot be exported or ‘hoarded’ The list contains products that meet the needs of UK patients but may contribute to medicines shortages if they were exported.…
Anti-epileptic shortages are ‘concerning’, patient support organisations say The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that packs of Trileptal 300mg and 600mg tablets will be unavailable from late June 2023 until mid-July 2023.…
Rise in pharmacists reporting patient safety risks from medicines shortages, shows survey Exclusive: Results of The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2023 salary and job satisfaction survey have revealed 57% of pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk in the past six months.…
Designing a more resilient system for medicines supply in the UK Pharmacists attending a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal called for a new system to share the latest information and guidance on managing the growing number of medicine shortages facing the NHS.… Supported content
Serious shortage protocol issued to restrict dispensing of HRT drug Utrogestan The government has said it expects the drug to have supply issues "until late 2023".…
Coping with the ‘Davina effect’ on HRT As HRT shortages continue and there are reports of overprescribing, this episode of The PJ Pod explores how pharmacists can best navigate these problems.…
Community pharmacies spending twice as much time managing medicines shortages as last year Pharmacy staff are spending an average of 11 hours per week on medicines procurement in 2023, double the 5.3 hours they reported in the previous year, a survey has revealed.…
Complex and inflexible: the shortcomings of serious shortage protocols Use of ‘serious shortage protocols’ dropped significantly in 2022, despite growing numbers of medicine shortages, leaving pharmacists calling for the system to be overhauled.…
Shortage of cold and flu medicines increases pressure on pharmacies Community pharmacists are claiming the current medicine supply system is broken, as price concessions reach record levels.…
