Chemists wait for details of measures to ensure driver shortages do not adversely affect deliveries of prescription drugs
Pharmacists are waiting for details from the government about what measures are in place to deal with any delays to deliveries of drug supplies as a result of van driver shortages.
If the situation worsens, pharmacists have suggested that one fall-back could involve the use of a “serious shortage protocol”, which the government had originally prepared, against the backdrop of hard Brexit concerns, to cater for drugs with known supply problems. This would enable pharmacists to supply alternate forms and strengths of medicines without the need to contact the prescriber.
