Fixing the UK’s medicines shortage crisis As the UK’s medicine shortage crisis rumbles on, continuing to put patients at risk, we take a closer look at the suspected roots of the issue to identify four ways the problems could be fixed.…
Don’t dismiss fears over switching generics, take it from two cancer ‘thrivers’ Ruth Edwards and Avril Chester share their experience of the impact medicines shortages can have on people who rely on long-term medicines after cancer treatment.…
Drug shortages linked with medication errors, study results suggest Data from the French Pharmacovigilance Database show that medication errors were identified in 11% of the 462 cases mentioning a drug shortage.…
Fragile medicines supply chain causing worst stock issues ‘in four years’, says wholesaler David McNicol, head of pharmacy sales at AAH Pharmaceuticals, put the "fragile" supply chain down to challenges in raw material availability.…
UK government is preparing guidance to help with type 2 diabetes medication supply issues Exclusive: Experts are "very concerned" about the shortages of semaglutide and dulaglutide and have warned it would be a lot of work to transfer patients to other medication options.…
David Webb: ‘It is time to step away from historic rivalries and focus on patients’ In his first pharmacy press interview as chief pharmaceutical officer for England, David Webb tells The Pharmaceutical Journal his ambitions for the profession.…
PJ view: It is time to overhaul the UK’s medicines supply system Pharmacists are spending too much time firefighting owing to medicines shortages; the medicines supply system needs radical change to prevent this opportunity cost and ease the pressure on an already struggling health service.…
Nathan Burley: ‘We don’t want industrial action, we want fair pay’ As the newly elected president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, Nathan Burley says he is well placed to lead its members into the fight for improved terms and conditions for working pharmacists.…
Schizophrenia drug shortage affecting patient care, College of Mental Health Pharmacy warns Supplies of aripiprazole 10mg tablets are low until late August 2022 and there is "limited scope for alternatives".…
More than half of pharmacists warn medicine shortages have risked patient safety in the past six months Exclusive: Results from The Pharmaceutical Journal’s annual salary and job satisfaction survey show that 54% of UK-based pharmacists said medicines shortages have put patients at risk in the past six months.…
