The RPS and Pharmacist Support 2024 ‘Workforce Wellbeing Survey’ found that around 40% of pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk during the past year
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Patients put at risk by medicine shortages, warns RPS in evidence to APPG inquiry
Around 40% of pharmacists say medicines shortages have put patients at risk during the past year, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said. In evidence submitted to the All-Party Parliamentary…
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January 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have urged integrated care boards to implement a local mitigation plan by 31 January 2025 to address pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy shortages
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Government advises ICBs set up local plans to address PERT supply shortages
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have until 31 January 2025 to implement a “local mitigation plan” to ensure patients can continue accessing their pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) amid supply...
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December 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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Seven formulations of antimicrobial medicines used to treat tuberculosis will be “intermittently available” until at least the end of 2025, the government has warned
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TB medicines shortage to last until end of 2025
Seven formulations of antimicrobial medicines used to treat tuberculosis (TB) will be “intermittently available” until at least the end of 2025, the government has warned. A national patient safety…
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July 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🚨 Just days left for #EAHPBOOST2025 early bird registration!
Join us Nov 14-15 in Prague 🇨🇿 for keynotes, networking & strategies to tackle medicine shortages
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June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Ever experienced lack of drugs in your pharmacy?
#MedicineShortages pose serious threat to #PublicHealth across the EU.
We @euauditors.bsky.social urge @ec.europa.eu to:
✅ Strengthen the response system
✅ Tackle root causes
✅ Improve the single market
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#MedicineShortages pose serious threat to #PublicHealth across the EU.
We @euauditors.bsky.social urge @ec.europa.eu to:
✅ Strengthen the response system
✅ Tackle root causes
✅ Improve the single market
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October 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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💬 Johnson & Johnson CEO warns:
“There’s a reason pharmaceutical tariffs are usually zero:
They disrupt supply chains & lead to shortages.”
Even Big Pharma in the US is uneasy.
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“There’s a reason pharmaceutical tariffs are usually zero:
They disrupt supply chains & lead to shortages.”
Even Big Pharma in the US is uneasy.
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April 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Join us at #BOOST2025 in #Prague (14-15 Nov.) to explore real solutions to medicine shortages!
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June 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🆕In this blog, Catherine Picton talks about the recent report she co-authored for Royal Pharmaceutical Society on medicines shortages, and minimising the risk to patient safety. www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #patientsafety #medicineshortages
Medicines shortages: minimising the impact on patients (a blog by Catherine Picton)
In this interview, we talk to Catherine about the recent report she co-authored for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society; Medicines Shortages Policy: Solutions for empty shelves.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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A consultation on allowing community pharmacists to amend prescriptions in the event of a medicines shortage should be published by summer 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care has said
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Consultation on prescription flexibility expected 'by summer 2025', government says
A consultation on allowing community pharmacists to amend prescriptions in the event of a medicines shortage should be published by summer 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has…
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Perspective from Debra Ainge CEO, iethico "Recognising that medicine shortage incidents are likely to persist, if not worsen, I think it becomes essential to rethink policy frameworks..." bit.ly/3UcgK9B #medicines #pharmacy #innovation #medicineshortages #NHS
April 11, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Ah…Who knew? Scary when one has a loved one with a chronic illness and reliant on reliable supplies of medications.
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
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March 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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In this week's news analysis, #SophieWillis examines if the government's latest proposals to tackle the increase in medicines shortages across the UK go far enough
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Will UK government proposals address the problem of medicines shortages?
Medicines shortages are not a new problem — the complex nature of the medicines supply chain, from raw materials through to manufacture and distribution, lends itself to issues. However, since 2021,…
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*PJ view: Reshoring medicine manufacturing must be considered as an option for managing shortages*
With the number of #medicineshortages on the rise, the UK government and pharmaceutical industry must review the idea of #reshoring supply chains to minimise the impact on patients
With the number of #medicineshortages on the rise, the UK government and pharmaceutical industry must review the idea of #reshoring supply chains to minimise the impact on patients
PJ view: Reshoring medicine manufacturing must be considered as an option for managing shortages
In our featured interview this month, former deputy chief pharmaceutical officer Bruce Warner gave The Pharmaceutical Journal a rare glimpse of hope for the future of medicine shortages. While the…
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April 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Attending the meeting of the Alliance of critical medicines forum today. Let’s see if the discussion focuses on #PublicHealth and #patients needs as we all expect.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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⏳ LAST CHANCE ⏳
The 2025 EAHP Medicine Shortages Survey closes TOMORROW, 15 July!
Your input helps tackle real hospital medicine shortages across Europe
📢 Make your voice heard!
📝 Take the survey now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTGHFDH
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The 2025 EAHP Medicine Shortages Survey closes TOMORROW, 15 July!
Your input helps tackle real hospital medicine shortages across Europe
📢 Make your voice heard!
📝 Take the survey now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/JTGHFDH
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July 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Need good investigative journalism here to find out more pls. Gag orders? NDAs? What plans are in place for those with life threatening needs - transplant, cancer, diabetes, CF & more?
Lives depend on it #NoDeal #MedicineShortages
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Lives depend on it #NoDeal #MedicineShortages
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December 1, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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