Mark Samuels: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of Medicines UK
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Oct 2026
“It's too early to predict the precise impact of the proposed SNF. In principle, its development presents an opportunity to support clinicians in prescribing the most appropriate and cost-effective medicines for the benefit of patients, independent of where they live in the UK.”
What Mark Samuels has said
“We're not in a crisis currently but it's still a serious situation. If the conflict dragged on then drug shortages could emerge in only a few weeks' time.”
chief executive of Medicines UK · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · UK ‘weeks away’ from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say ↗
Where Mark Samuels has been quoted
- National formulary will make shortages worse, suggests NPA chairpharmaceutical-journal.com · 4 Oct 2026
- UK ‘weeks away’ from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts saytheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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