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Pharmacies have run out of stock and wholesale prices have surged after the deaths of at least 16 children. The Department of Health denied there was a shortage
STEVE BARCLAY: With money tight and over seven million people on hospital waiting lists, the road to recovery for our NHS was always going to be tough.
Beth Foreman sent on a fruitless search of overnight pharmacies for penicillin after being told Lincoln County Hospital had no stock
Betsy Curtis, from Northumberland, who has Down's syndrome, was prescribed the drugs last Wednesday after suffering tell-tale signs of the bacterial infection for a week.
EXCLUSIVE: Officials have blamed Covid restrictions for interrupting the spread of Strep A bacteria and viruses, leaving more children susceptible to catching it and becoming poorly.