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More HRT swaps allowed as minister says supply issues will ease in June

Supplies of HRT products will be “in a better position” by next month, a minister has said as new measures to tackle widespread shortages were announced. Women’s health minister Maria Caulfield said the Government was working closely with manufacturers to address the ongoing issues, which have seen thousands of menopausal women struggling to get their hands on key medication.

Pharmacists have now been given greater freedoms to offer women alternative hormone replacement therapy products to relieve their symptoms if their normal HRT is out of stock. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Ms Caulfield said: “Manufacturers say to us that, by June, they should be in a better position in terms of supply.

“The number one reason why we’re kind of in this position is we’re almost a victim of our own success, is the sheer demand for HRT products. We’ve seen a 38% increase, which is absolutely welcomed, and that’s because women feel confident to ask for HRT now when they’re at the GPs and GPs feel more confident in prescribing it, so we want that to continue.”

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On Saturday, the Government announced that its HRT Supply Taskforce had agreed to implement further Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) to temporarily allow pharmacists greater freedoms to choose alternative HRT products. SSPs had already been introduced in April to limit the dispensing of Oestrogel, Ovestin and Premique Low Dose to three months’ supply.

The two new further SSPs are for Lenzetto transdermal spray and Sandrena gel, which will also be put on a three-month supply. Under the rules, all of these items can generally be substituted for transdermal patches.

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More HRT swaps allowed as minister says supply issues will ease in June

Olivia Munn among parents 'panicking' over baby formula shortage amid her breastfeeding challenges

Actress and first-time mom Olivia Munn is one of the many parents who are on edge over the baby formula shortage.At last check, 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock at some point for the week ending May 15, according to statistics by Datasembly that were provided to CNN.And it turns out it could take months before the nation's supply gets back to normal.With the current situation in mind, parents like Munn are 'panicking' because she 'depends on formula' to feed her five-month-old son Malcolm, whom she shares with partner John Mulaney. Worried parents: Olivia Munn, 41, confessed she's 'panicking' over the nation's baby formula shortage, like countless other parents around the U.S.'It's so crazy when people say "if you breastfeed you won't have to worry about the formula shortage!" I have low milk supply, so to keep my baby fed I depend on formula,' Munn wrote on Twitter.'I wish I could breastfeed so I wouldn't be panicking about the shortage right now.

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