US EditionRisk to Patient Health From Drug Shortages 'New Normal' - Liverpool Echo
- Community Pharmacy England reported in 2025 that medicine shortages are causing unprecedented patient issues across England’s 10,000 community pharmacies.
- These shortages stem from global supply chain problems and product discontinuations, a situation inherited by the current government.
- Pharmacy teams spend hours daily contacting suppliers and GPs to find alternatives while keeping patients informed amid constant uncertainty affecting staff and patients.
- The 2025 survey found 73% of pharmacy teams reporting negative patient impact from delays, up from 51% in 2022, with 95% noting ongoing inconvenience and 79% witnessing patient aggression.
- An extra £617 million funding agreement over two years aims to support community pharmacies and improve medicine supply resilience, but experts warn the risk to patient health remains a distressing new normal.
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Evening Standard
Risk to patient health from drug shortages is ‘distressing new normal’
Medicine shortages are causing unprecedented issues for patients, Community Pharmacy England said.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Drug shortages causing ‘unprecedented’ issues for patients
A lack of available drugs is now the ‘distressing new normal’, pharmacists are warning
Medicine Shortages Leave Pharmacies at ‘Breaking Point’
Continuing problems with the supply of medicines have become a “distressing new normal” for community pharmacies and patients, according to a report by Community Pharmacy England (CPE). The organisation said that the supply chain is “stuck at breaking point” and warned of a growing risk to patient health and increased workload and stress for its […] The post Medicine Shortages Leave Pharmacies at ‘Breaking Point’ first appeared on News Health.
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