Parents travelling miles and waiting days to get hold of antibiotics for poorly kids
Parents say they are being forced to travel miles from home to get hold of antibiotics for their sick children.
Laura Sherlock said: "I had to ring every chemist in my town and the neighbouring town to see if they had antibiotics my daughter was prescribed. We found one chemist that had just one bottle left so told them to please let us have it. And Hannah Victoria added: "I had to wait two days to get my antibiotics and also had to have a different one that I haven’t heard of before. So many people will end up going without. Such a shame."
With Sophie Robyn adding: "We've got 500mg capsules that I have to undo and pour into something sweet. Poor child gags every time." Minister of State for Health Will Quince said: "The increased demand for the antibiotics prescribed to treat strep A has meant some pharmacists have been unable to supply the medicine shown on the prescription.
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