#uk-ireland 2025-03-23

the honest position on uk policy is that it moved four times in the two years i have been paying attention

the pharmacy gap in my area lasted about six weeks when i went through it, and it was member reported as nationwide at the time

the shortage was upstream of the pharmacies as far as anyone here could tell, and shouting at counter staff achieved nothing

when i checked last year my local specialist service was quoting eighteen months to two years, and that was for a first appointment, happy to be corrected

anyone in scotland or wales finding it different from england

ring more pharmacies

just a letter

there was a two year limit in the nhs guidance i read. what happened at the end of it was not clear to me then and may be clearer now

scotland differs

that was last year

northern ireland sits under different arrangements from great britain and those have changed more than once, so do not treat anything i say about it as current

unrelated but unlicensed in mhra terms means there is no uk marketing authorisation for that product. it is not the same as illegal and it is not the same as approved

northern ireland has two sets of rules doesnt it, how does that work in practice
i rang eleven pharmacies and the twelfth had it. that was one winter, and it is not a strategy

does anyone know whether the shortage list is public