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For £30, she issued a prescription, later obtained by the BBC from the pharmacy she directed, for a patient she had never met, whose details were sent to her on WhatsApp.

James O'Loan, head of online pharmacy Chemist 4 U, has already observed some people stretching themselves financially to get hold of weight-loss drugs - some have asked for payment plans, which they cannot offer.

Thousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year.

Hanifa says she bought them at a pharmacy, saying she wanted sleeping pills for herself.

She said issues at the pharmacy also meant staff had to deal with "angry customers".