HSE contingency plans ‘failing dismally’, say pharmacists

Widespread medicine shortages and delays are being forecast by the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) following the withdrawal of as many as 800 pharmacists from the Drug Payment schemes.

HSE contingency plans ‘failing dismally’, say pharmacists

Widespread medicine shortages and delays are being forecast by the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) following the withdrawal of as many as 800 pharmacists from the Drug Payment schemes.

Speaking today, the President of the IPU, Liz Hoctor, said that the union understood that as many as 800 pharmacists had either closed altogether or were not dispensing under the state drugs schemes.

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