Drug shortages are a “new normal” in the UK and are being exacerbated by Brexit, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust health thinktank.
The number of warnings drug companies have issued about impending supply problems for certain products has more than doubled from 648 in 2020 to 1,634 last year.
We would like to hear from people who have been affected by drug shortages. Have they affected your health? Do you have any concerns?
Mum-of-two Liz Taylor died in 2022
It can have a massive impact on blood pressure and cholesterol and even helps a person's skin
Many people believe that making your bed every morning is the first step to a successful day, but sleep experts have warned that it could be making you ill
Liv had struggled since the age of three and things got worse when she was 17
Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is set to announce the new ‘green paper’ on Tuesday
Bryan lost more than 9st in his first six months after deciding he had to make a change
In a statement to the Commons, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride set out plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work.
The King is carrying out his first public duties since being diagnosed with cancer in February
Kasandra Benton left the dogs to suffer at her Talke Road home in Walsall
The monarch's doctors are "sufficiently pleased with the progress" he has made thus far, allowing for the visit to a research center and hospital to proceed
I’ve never been that crazy about vegetables. Somehow I got through childhood on tins of Green Giant sweetcorn: there may also have been the odd pea at some point. Fruit was always more fun, which is probably how I survived into adulthood without getting scurvy.
The King connected with cancer patients, telling them, "It's always a bit of shock when they tell you"
Do you struggle to make exercise a habit that sticks? You’re not alone. Only 56 per cent of UK adults exercise regularly, compared with 77 per cent in Germany, 65 per cent in Spain and 63 per cent in France. A quarter of us are completely inactive, doing less than 30 minutes a week, and, alarmingly, inactivity is now associated with one in six deaths.
Scientists have reacted with alarm to the spread of the H5N1 virus - a type of bird flu - in cattle and milk across the US.
"I think they might do that," the GOP presidential nominee said of a scenario that sounds straight out of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale."
Charles and Camilla visited a cancer treatment centre to meet medical specialists and patients
The Government has announced proposed changes to the NHS Constitution.
People are being urged to act before the bank holiday
Rishi Sunak joined James Cleverly in his challenge to do 100 press-ups a day for charity – but the Prime Minister only managed 20.
My first attack was at the age of four, although I don’t remember it. One morning, I couldn’t get my shoes on as my foot was so swollen. That’s how my parents knew that I had hereditary angioedema (HAE) – a rare disease that I’d inherited from my dad. HAE is caused by a deficiency in C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) in the blood and it causes huge swellings anywhere in the body. My next episode was when I was seven or eight and my hand swelled up. As a child, I’d never known anything different. My dad used
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