{"id":144772,"date":"2025-09-18T05:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/144772\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T05:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:14:12","slug":"why-patients-are-waiting-weeks-for-essential-medicines-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/144772\/","title":{"rendered":"Why patients are waiting weeks for essential medicines &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQc0JQdnlFT25pNXpickVFTndIV3pjZ3JtTXRxYm56NzJwRElpLWdXZmthWUZNUnN4djR5dEV1ODdSQUtTQ1JPZkY5TTFhcm5hRHJsMlNFX2pWT2tkWGtqSFZNYk5ZS0lScVdWRWE1RkVvWmRUMU9pLS0zeDh2ODdSaTJwb1h6VEp4UjlscFI3cVVFT2M1U0g0dzVqVVM3QmJBZ0JNbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why patients are waiting weeks for essential medicines<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNOWkxNGhCd3FKSjV3ZmdBVGQ4YndCTkkzbUQtR2dYUjB0ZFd2aGlPU215LTN3MnhBMl96WHpac0k2ODZNTnVRZThNbDEyck5lT3hQMVJObFVjSG1menoxYmxhWkdOZDdYVkFud1R0dm1VTlNrSU9lVDA0Ylo0ZUhTcUxhQWdORy15andGd2xyYTlCQTN2R25vRzFJQ05PekR6ZFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pharmacy leaders issue warning over \u2018dangerous\u2019 medicine delays<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxQZlpXTS1kTnFFOGIxTm54TEZiSzVETFpTM1dqRUxwSGNKSElVaVlkN3ZyM1pxb0dQNzV6TVdpcmhmZlhwampzTnJqM1RTbGI0QUZhSWdFaDFJbXZnMVFONDFfTzUySHBRLTI5Uk5XdDdNcVoxMG1JbGRVNGgtUERPdzJKSE9IQTlndUVkUThmOVRMaVdCc3ZzVmtvcDF2U1BZdHdGUlBJbFFGTHRJS3hBSWtJZE5vY1hNUklMLWN6TjBpUFAyNllURnd4X3ZUVUU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">There is a \u2018serious risk to patient safety\u2019 if pharmacists cannot make medicine substitutions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepharmacist.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQVC0xOFJMT0NfVVhNRXJCVkR2X0I0TmZkUmlyMVFaenBubVZBVjJzU3pHRWtEV0xUeHpLV1pTSjJ2cU91T2thb0F0WEVOYkVJaWlXNzJKRWRWZ3Btd29JcTNLUjZjQ0VZUUJXR1VIeWtiLWNvUFlqQ0V5ZkxySTJsYXprZjZ4djRRQlZSemtWNm1uNzlLWXJEcVdjUUEyZzdpN0ZlUnRQTFRDWS1CZF9USGtvLXN4QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Out of date laws leave patients waiting three weeks for medicines, warns NPA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pharmacy Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPYmJTUk5QMEtfZ1ZIbzBNZkZoS01wejF5bnQtNnZlYnBmNlJ0ZVh1LUpsTWpJMlpOMmNYdHFUOTBrbHhMVThzNlhuZERsS1lfRWJlY1Q0bTRiTGJvQ3pRNk1fNmN2QXhSVjNaRzRPWmY5ZFNodmtnQm14TnZyeGVzd3hMLTkzbGxnU3JsTUtQb3YxU0s1NkpiNW5Ob1pDUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ADHD and bipolar patients face medicine delays &#8211; even when drugs are in stock<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The i Paper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why patients are waiting weeks for essential medicines&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentPharmacy leaders issue warning over \u2018dangerous\u2019 medicine delays&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentThere is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-144772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}