Patients being put at risk by medicine supply shortages, pharmacy leaders warn

Pharmacies are calling for powers to extend the range of drugs they can dispense when some are in short supply (PA) - (PA Wire)

Patients are being put at risk by medicine supply shortages which leave pharmacies unable to dispense prescriptions at least once a day, health leaders have warned.

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which represents 6,000 independent community pharmacies, said the Government must urgently grant much greater flexibility for pharmacists to substitute medication when it is safe to do so.