Community Pharmacy & Medicine Supply Issues
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Thursday 17th August 2023
A guide for both Pharmacies and Surgeries
Stock issues continue to cause disruption, to the medicines supply chain, in primary care. Unsustainable price increases and widespread unavailability continue to be the most commonly experienced reasons for the disruption.
Community Pharmacy South Central and Wessex LMC have put together some guidance for both pharmacies and surgeries when dealing with such scripts.
The stepwise guide below sets out the steps for both pharmacies and prescribers to consider in the case of stock or significant price issues.
Due to the number of variables at play it is not intended as a must do but may be a useful tool.