{"id":425527,"date":"2026-02-14T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:07:10","slug":"uk-painkiller-shortage-could-last-for-months-pharmacies-warn-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425527\/","title":{"rendered":"UK painkiller shortage could last for months, pharmacies warn &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQZjF4SHdjd3h1bnhUS2FvZVNLSllTX0k3RXVqd0FXQkhJZ2tsTEpPd0tlZkFkU3AtTHZieHR5V25xUkpFWG1IOWxYRlQ0R0hmMTdIOVZ5aTY3alhJUXhQQkRfbThkY094MkVMVUlncl9NOS1ER01Cc24tbTI4SVR3RjRzT0o1MWlER1plTkZVbXpWejVudTd0QTVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK painkiller shortage could last for months, pharmacies warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNcDE3MmRjQU43ZHZkV1NhOWRwYUJ0Q1c4SjBFamxNRlZlVDJIR3dPZWZVQTk1eWRjeFNCOE93SmJiTDFVMzdVSlU1YzI2cm5STVhZbG41XzR4UVZndzZ1ekJHV1M4MmZ2MVBmcll2UUZMeVZvZk9JRnRVWnNFZFBDdUU1UFpwUWt4VkE2STBJNmVuZ3MzV3JQd20tdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major shortage of common painkiller used by millions expected to last until JUNE<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9QRlE2TUtlLUs3Q09sck8xa0k0ZHR3R29MeWpmdFcyUkM5SUE0a1dzTXg1bmlXc0NGeWlCQmZyWUVUdS1pUEhxbVJacUZ6My02cUdCeVhsMDNkMnFfQlJ5SktobUllTnN0QkZWUTVIQWE3S1dOaUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pharmacists report co-codamol shortage which could last into summer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;lbc.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxQODJoOTdFN0FLb3c3X1lCd3lobFhReE9Hak1wc3BVSy1pNERBVy1uakZSQ2pKcXZrR1NTWTlzSnh1TVdvWThiS2FlUWxtVlBuUTRvb2ZLWGY4RDhzUVV5bWplWUYwaVNqM2QtLUc1VWZtU1dTSFZnbm1KUmozOFZVQlVIQ3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Warning issued over national shortage of painkillers hitting Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News UK<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQdW1QclpLUnJfVjJkdzl1ZmFBcjZ5Sm5FNzlmTDJpcW5oZ3dPeEkzMUZWYW5MWHhKNm5ndTA0SC05MERldVlvNm5IRGM2Y3dxMVAyN2NEeS01X0pTUnM4REhwUUhreWg2TjRZVkx4M1hTWkJrZmpqMzhMVzM0dEJoc0duOE1hQ1l4UEFRLWJaWdIBlAFBVV95cUxNeUtrR1g0V2Fja3lkY0FXZWIzZFBQSC1sZ0VnU0VvN0Q4T2hjOGlQeUY3OEVSekFWU1JXNHY4RXBpWV9YbzZTLTlNTW5PRmI2UHFTbWtIVUpEMXRjbXdnM1RTNmRLRmI2V2NFS1o4bDhPSFRDYXlUczVvTzZ3Z1VVdDNsNXNiZFNxMm5JU0o1LW0wN0sy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Supplies of painkiller &#8216;collapse in UK&#8217; sparking NHS fears as &#8216;patients distraught&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK painkiller shortage could last for months, pharmacies warn&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentMajor shortage of common painkiller used by millions expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-425527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425527","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=425527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}