Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Health & Medicine

Hospitals in England hit by shortages of common drugs such as paracetamol

NHS trusts also report disruption to supplies last winter of co-codamol and blood pressure medication ramipril Hospitals are being hit by shortages of key drugs used to provide pain relief, prevent blood clots and tackle high blood pressure. Dozens of NHS trusts in England have encountered scarcities of aspirin, the painkiller co-codamol – a combination of paracetamol and codeine – and ramipril,…

Hospitals in England hit by shortages of common drugs such as paracetamol

We haven't written up this one. Guardian Health has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at theguardian.com →

More in Health & Medicine

More from Tuesday 29 September →