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Pharmacist unable to prevent Costa allergy death due to EpiPen shortage

 
• By Kate Bowie

A pharmacist was unable to save a girl who died from a severe allergic reaction to a Costa Coffee drink “due to a national shortage of adrenaline auto injectors”, a coroner has found. 

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Jacobs “took a sip of her drink and felt unwell”
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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