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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest and Rebecca Thomas

NHS hit by ‘severe’ drug shortages due to Brexit red tape

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NHS patients face a “very worrying” risk due to “severe delays” in drugs supplies caused by Brexit red tape, experts have warned.

Vital antibiotics, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs are among those in desperately short supply this winter – with the NHS forced to pay over the odds to get drugs into Britain.

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