UK pharmacists demand powers to change whooping cough prescriptions

UK pharmacists demand powers to change whooping cough prescriptions

Exclusive: Some pharmacies have turned away families because they have run out of the drug clarithromycin

Pharmacists are calling for fresh powers to provide patients with alternative prescriptions as they warned that drugs shortages are hampering their ability to tackle whooping cough.

More than 2,700 cases have been reported across England so far in 2024 – more than three times the number recorded in the whole of last year.

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