Growing shortages of medication are 'heaping pressure' on already stretched local pharmacies, experts have warned. New figures show a big jump in the number of alerts or serious shortage protocols , which warn pharmacists some drugs are in short supply. Analysis by the National Pharmacy Association found 50 SSPs were issued by the Department of Health and Social Care between 2022 and 2024 - compared to 15 between 2019 and 2021. That's a rise of more than 230%.
' Four SSPs were put out over a three-day period in May, according to the NPA, the same number which were issued for the whole of 2020.
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