Drugs for conditions like type 2 diabetes running short as they are snapped up by slimmers – Christine Jardine

Some drugs taken by diabetics can also help people lose weight

While attention is currently focused on how our governments handled the pandemic, there is another potential health crisis affecting millions but getting little spotlight. Imagine having a life-changing condition you have to manage 24/7, and being told the medicine you need might not be available for the next 18 months.

That is what is happening to people on a daily basis because of shortage of various drugs for a number of conditions. Take type 2 diabetes, something on which I led a debate in parliament this week after constituents came to me worried they couldn't get prescriptions filled.