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NHS trusts in England report shortages of common medicines
9trusts
NHS trusts that responded reported problems obtaining enough supplies of two of the three medicines
Freedom of information responses found shortages of aspirin, co-codamol and ramipril across NHS trusts in England. Nine trusts reported problems with two of the medicines, while one reported shortages of all three.
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- 9trusts
NHS trusts that responded reported problems obtaining enough supplies of two of the three medicines
“Nine trusts have had problems getting enough supplies of two of those three common medications”
- 1trusts
NHS trusts that reported shortages had problems obtaining all three medicines
“one – Kent community health NHS trust – ran short of all three”
- 26trusts
Trusts responding about aspirin experienced supply disruption between last December and March
“Twenty-six (62%) of the 42 trusts that responded about it had experienced disruption to their supplies between last December and March this year.”