Medicine supply issues
EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY MAY 9 File photo dated 16/11/09 of a pharmacist stocks shelves at a chemist. Patients are being forced to play "pharmacy bingo" - travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments - amid a rise in medicine supply shortages, experts have warned. Health leaders said that some patients are even being forced to "ration" their medicines because of supply problems. Issue date: Thursday May 9, 2024.