Pharmacists say the price of some medicines had risen 'fiftyfold' and a forthcoming £5.3m funding package from the Department of Health 'falls way short of what is needed'
Shortages and rising costs of medicines could result in patients not receiving important prescriptions, community pharmacists have warned.
"It is becoming increasingly hard for us to afford to buy the medicines from wholesalers because we are not being paid the full cost of these drugs by the department.""The bottom line is that we are now facing the situation where we will not be able to afford to supply our patients with essential medicines, within weeks.
"The funding package that was put forward falls way short of what is needed to stabilise pharmacy services," he said. Mr Greene said pharmacy teams were spending hours sourcing medicines for patients instead of directly supporting patients.
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