Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 3
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Medicine shortages undermine community pharmacy potential and erode public confidence.
Conclusion
Tackling medicine shortages is another vital component in securing the ability of pharmacy to meet its future potential. Medicine shortages cannot be ignored and left to become the norm. The wider implications of medicine shortages for the long- term potential of community pharmacy to take on more clinical work are deeply concerning. The time pharmacy teams are having to spend dealing with shortages is time that they could be spending with patients, and indeed will need to if the clinical role of pharmacists is expanded. Continuing shortages, serious or otherwise, run the risk of eroding public confidence in community pharmacy, with patients frustrated about the service they receive.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 10 January 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗