A NEW report has revealed that medicine shortages across the UK are becoming “the new normal” and are being made worse by Brexit.
The research by healthcare charity Nuffield Trust found the number of warnings drug companies have issued about impending supply problems for certain products has more than doubled from 648 in 2020 to 1634 last year.Mark Dayan, the report’s lead author and the Nuffield Trust’s Brexit programme lead, warned: “The rise in shortages of vital medicines from rare to commonplace has been a shocking development that few would have expected a decade ago”.
A spokesperson said: “Concessionary prices can arise for various reasons and cannot be linked to shortages. Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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