Weekly digest · ISO week 2020-W11
09 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2020: UK medicine supply changes
6 items dated 09 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2020, each a re-expressed fact linked to its source document. This week is over. Changes are filed by the date the source gives them, so this week can still gain one if a source is captured late. Protocol end dates and expected-back windows are shown as the NHSBSA register and the notices stood when last checked, not as they stood during this week: a later extension or update can move one of them to another week or remove it. Corrections are logged on the corrections page.
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New notices · 0
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
None recorded for this week.
Updated notices · 0
Notifications whose source post records an update dated this week.
None recorded for this week.
Discontinuations · 0
Discontinuations stated in a notice, dated by the notice or update that states them.
None recorded for this week.
Expected-back windows ending this week · 0
Notices whose current stated expected-back window ends this week. The end is derived from the phrase: the stated day where the source gave one; six days after a stated week-commencing day; otherwise the 10th for "early", the 20th for "mid" and the last day of the month for "late" or a bare month (six days after it for a "week commencing" phrase with no readable day). The sources mostly give phrases like "late July", not days, so each item says which rule applied.
None recorded for this week.
Protocols issued, expired or revoked · 1
Serious Shortage Protocols (UK-wide) whose issue, expiry or revocation is dated this week.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2020 | SSP005 Fluoxetine 10mg tablets | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP005 issued, valid from 12 Mar 2020. |
Protocols extended · 0
Extensions are dated by the scheduled end they replaced, as the NHSBSA register and announcements record them.
None recorded for this week.
Protocol end dates this week · 0
Protocols whose NHSBSA register end date falls this week, per the register as last checked.
None recorded for this week.
Protocols scheduled to end in the following 14 days · 1
Register end dates from 16 Mar 2020 to 29 Mar 2020. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2020 | SSP004 Haloperidol (Serenace) 500 microgram (mcg) capsules | Scheduled end 23 Mar 2020 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
Scotland · 4
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2020 | MSAN(2020)13 — Valproate semisodium (Depakote®) 250mg and 500mg tabletssource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 12 Mar 2020, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 12 Mar 2020 | MSAN(2020)14 — Salofalk® (mesalazine) 500mg and 1g suppositories – update to MSAN (2019)12source document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 12 Mar 2020, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 13 Mar 2020 | MSAN(2020)17 — Lorazepam (Ativan®) 4mg/mL injectionsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 13 Mar 2020. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 13 Mar 2020 | MSAN(2020)18 — Clonidine 25 microgram tabletssource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 13 Mar 2020. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2020-W11 (09 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2020), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2020-W11), by Doctor Data Ltd.” Derived facts CC BY 4.0; source documents belong to their publishers and are linked, not reproduced. A protocol's scheduled end is the NHSBSA register's date and says nothing about local stock. Not an official NHS or DHSC service; not clinical advice.