Vitamin injections denied Pernicious Anaemia sufferers

People who suffer from Pernicious Anaemia (PA) could face a long wait for vital vitamin injections due to a manufacturing backlog.  Pernicious Anaemia Society members were told by the Department for Health last week there is a shortage of B12 injections, with some sufferers facing long waiting lists for their medication. Around half a million people in the UK currently suffer with PA, a condition where the body can’t make enough healthy red blood cells because it doesn’t have enough vitamin B12. People who have PA can’t absorb enough vitamin B12 from food because they lack intrinsic factor, a protein made