PHARMACISTS in France were victims of violence at a rate of more than one attack per day in 2022, new figures show, as a result of drug shortages and a lack of access to care, the pharmacist union has said.
Attacks rose compared to 2019, with 366 incidents reported by health professionals in 2022, showed the most recent update from le Conseil national de l'Ordre des pharmaciens.
This is less than in the pandemic years (427 attacks in 2021, and 584 in 2020), but more than pre-pandemic.
"[Attacks] rose by 17% compared to 2019, before the health crisis," said the council president, Carine Wolf-Thal.
Most attacks were verbal, but a small number were physical, and 5.4% involved a weapon.
The main reasons are the refusal to fill a script and a drop in medicines availability.
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