A father from South Bristol has told Bristol Live he had to make seven visits to chemists and three to the GP surgery to obtain antibiotics for his two-year-old daughter yesterday (December 7) after repeatedly being told there was no stock available. His story comes a day after the health secretary, Steve Barclay, told Times Radio that officials were “not aware of any shortages” for penicillin and amoxicillin, commonly used to treat Strep A and that drug companies were “required to notify us if there are supply issues, and we have not been notified by them of that”.
Dylan Jacobs, from South Bristol, said that he and his wife had been under the weather with suspected tonsillitis and a chest infection for around 10 days when he became concerned about his two-year-old daughter after she too fell ill and decided to seek medical advice.
He said: “I would never normally contact the GP over a cold or cough because there’s nothing they can do if it's viral, but we got worried because she couldn’t keep food down and she hadn’t really eaten in at least five days.”
