Pharmacists and pharmacist assistants are increasingly facing aggressive customers. The main reason behind it is the growing medicines shortages, the pharmacists’ association KNMP told De Telegraaf. Last year, research by the KNMP and NOS showed that 40 percent of pharmacists face aggression from customers every week, and 20 percent even daily. That will probably get us even more angry patients …
Many EU countries are facing a shortage of antibiotics due to increased demand and logistical problems. A so-called "shortage decision" has already been made for certain antibiotics, which, according to Health Minister Ernst Kuipers, is an exception and will only be used "if it is really necessary," De Telegraaf reported. The organization recorded a concerning 1,514 shortages last year; however, …
Never before have there been so many medicine shortages in one year as in 2022, said the chairman of the pharmacists' organization KNMP, Aris Prins, on the TV program KASSA on Saturday evening. In response to the figures on medicine shortages KNMP announced, Health Minister Ernst Kuipers wants to consider all possible solutions to better organize the availability of medicines …
