Channel Island Pharmacists Confirm Digestion Drug Shortage – ryan

Gemma daubeney & Freddie Millier

BBC News, Jersey

Pharmacists in the Channel Islands have confirmed they are dealing with an ongoing lottery of a drung by Cancer patients.

IT FOLLOWS A MARTAGE OF CREON, A PANCREATIC ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY (PERT), BEING DESCRIBED BY PHARMACISTS IN THE UK AS “One of the Worst” Examples of a Medicine Shortage.

The Drug Does Not Treat Cancer but is used by Patients with Pancreatic Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Pancreatitis to Help With Digestion.

A spokesperson from the guernsey prescribing support unit said there have been ongoing supersues with the SUNCE SUMMER 2024, with the Department of Health in England Alert Safety Alert in December 2024.

The Spokesperson Said: “Local Pharmacies Have Been Working Hard to Help Maintain Supplies of Medication for Patients and at Times this Has Prove Difficult.”

They Said there are a avarage of 70 pert prescriptions denssed each month in guernsey, but they haven’t received any Reports of Patients Going with the Drug.

This was willing to the Efforts of Community Pharmacy Teams, The Spokesperson Added.

The Acting Director of Pharmacy Services in Jersey, Kevin Smith, Said the Shortage of these medicines was expert to Continue for MANY MONTHS.

He Said Jersey Has Introduced Measures to Help Manage Local Supplies, Such as Issuing Shortter Prescription Durations.

Clinical and Pharmacy Teams Were Working With the Hospital to Find Suitable Alternative Treatments Where Needed, He Added.

Jersey Oncology Consultant, Elizabeth Gomes Dos Santos, Said: “Patient Safety Remains Our Highest Priority.

“We are Committed to Maintaining the Highest Standards of Care and ENSURING THAT ALL PATIENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THIS NEED DURING THIS Period of Constrained Supply.”