NHS RUNNING OUT OF PARACETAMOL

Painkiller shortage sparks fears for op recovery patients

- NICOLA SMALL

HOSPITALS in England face critically low levels of paracetamol amid a national shortage of the painkiller.

Paracetamol injections are seen as the safest and most effective drug to give patients to relieve post-operative pain.

But staff at one hospital trust have been told to remove the drug from all anaesthetic rooms with immediate effect.