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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

Risk to patient health from drug shortages is ‘distressing new normal’

Seventy-three percent of pharmacy teams surveyed in 2025 said patients were being negatively affected by supply delays (PA) - (PA Wire)

The risk to patient health from medicine shortages is the “distressing new normal”, pharmacists have warned.

A report from Community Pharmacy England, which represents more than 10,000 community pharmacies, said drug shortages are causing “unprecedented” issues for patients.

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