"I still can't quite believe [Amber is back]," she said.
Pharmacists have warned that "one of the worst" examples of medicine shortages is affecting cancer patients.Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert), helps digestion and is required by patients with pancreatic cancer, cystic fibrosis, and chronic pancreatitis. It is thought more than 61,000 patients in the UK need the medicine.
Some patients are said to be "skipping meals" to ration their medication due to a shortage of it, according to the National Pharmacy Association (NPA).A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said there were "European-wide supply issues" and it was "working closely with industry and the NHS" to mitigate the impact on patients.Without the drug, patients lose weight and strength, which means their ability to cope with treatment such as chemotherapy is reduced.
Some experts have predicted shortages continuing until next year.The Department of Health and Social Care has extended a serious shortage protocol for Creon which has already been in place for a year.
This indicates concern about shortages of a medicine and allows pharmacists to give patients an alternative - though they argue other drugs are also in short supply.
A spokesperson for the department said the "European-wide supply issues" were caused by manufacturing supply constraints."The people of Lockerbie showed how humanity works. How to display compassion, to display love. I'll never forget them.
"I don't know if it's quite macabre to say this but I've always said I am glad that's the place that my sister's life was ended. Because of the type of people that live in this place."The events of the night of 21 December 1988 have resonated across the decades.
In 2001, a Libyan intelligence officer, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, was convicted of the bombing and 270 counts of murder, following a trial in front of three Scottish judges sitting in a special court at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands.His co-accused, Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, was found not guilty.