Jim Mackey tells LBC phone-in he is ‘really worried’ about supply issues amid US-Iran war
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The head of the NHS in England has said he is “really worried” about medicine supply issues.
A number of experts have raised concerns about cost implications and supply disruption linked to the war in Iran.
The NHS England chief executive, Jim Mackey, was asked during a phone-in on LBC Radio what contingency planning was in place because “the UK imports 75% of its medicine”. He said: “We are really worried about this. We’ve already had a couple of supply shocks in the last 12 to 18 months of key supplies.”
