There’s no avoiding these questions and the NHS have prepared some information for patients.

Please take a look at this page of the NHS website to learn about the work going on in the background to try and ensure there is as little disruption to the supply of medicines as possible .

We are changing some of our prescription policies.

Many patients will not be aware of the high cost to the NHS of providing and dispensing some basic prescription items –up to £35 just to process a paracetamol prescription.

Many of these can be obtained easily and inexpensively over the counter in chemists and supermarkets.

To support our local NHS self-care agenda, we are encouraging our patients to buy their paracetamol when it is required.

We are grateful to our patients for supporting this change.