US EditionMPs warn patients could face 'serious harm' from persistent and widespread medicine shortages
UK, JUL 8 – An All-Party Parliamentary Group report reveals 90% of pharmacists and prescribers face ADHD medicine shortages, urging urgent reforms to protect patient safety and healthcare services.
- MPs have raised concerns that ongoing and extensive shortages of medications may negatively affect patient safety, urging immediate measures to stop this situation from becoming the standard.
- The shortages stem from long-term supply disruptions affecting over 155 medicinal specialities and impacting patients with ADHD, menopause, and diabetes.
- Pharmacy teams face enormous pressure searching for stock, while reports show more than 90% say ADHD medicines and around 75% say HRT and diabetes drugs are affected.
- Steve Race explained that medicine shortages have transitioned from being occasional occurrences to a persistent, systemic issue affecting both the NHS and the pharmacy sector.
- The situation implies a need for robust measures to ensure medicine supply security is central to NHS planning and patient safety amid ongoing global challenges.
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