Medicines shortages force family doctors to prescribe second-choice alternatives putting patients at risk, GPs warn

Medicines shortages force family doctors to prescribe second-choice alternatives putting patients at risk, GPs warn Medicines shortages are putting patient safety at risk and piling “almost daily” pressures on family doctors to find second-choice alternatives to commonly-prescribed drugs, GPs have warned. The Independent

See also:

• Exclusive: GP anger over drug shortages GP Online
• Patients receiving 'second choice' drugs because of supply shortages The Guardian