Weekly digest · ISO week 2021-W45
08 Nov 2021 to 14 Nov 2021: UK medicine supply changes
8 items dated 08 Nov 2021 to 14 Nov 2021, 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 · 3
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 08 Nov 2021 | Medicine Supply Notification: DDAVP (Desmopressin) 0.01% w/v (100 micrograms/ml) intranasal solution - Updatedsource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification issued 08 Nov 2021 (no tier stated). |
| 08 Nov 2021 | Medicine Supply Notification: Desmopressin (Octim) 150mcg per actuation nasal spray (Ferring Pharmaceuticals) - Updatedsource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification issued 08 Nov 2021 (no tier stated). |
| 08 Nov 2021 | Medicine Supply Notification - Xylocaine® 1% and 2% (lidocaine) with adrenaline 100micrograms/20ml (1:200,000) solution for injection vials - Updatedsource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2021/053 issued 08 Nov 2021 (tier 2 of 4). |
Updated notices · 0
Notifications whose source post records an update dated this week.
None recorded for this week.
Discontinuations · 1
Discontinuations stated in a notice, dated by the notice or update that states them.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 08 Nov 2021 | Medicine Supply Notification: DDAVP (Desmopressin) 0.01% w/v (100 micrograms/ml) intranasal solution - Updatedsource document ↗ | Discontinuation notified, dated 08 Nov 2021. |
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 · 0
Serious Shortage Protocols (UK-wide) whose issue, expiry or revocation is dated this week.
None recorded for this week.
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 · 0
Register end dates from 15 Nov 2021 to 28 Nov 2021. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
None recorded for this week.
Scotland · 4
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 08 Nov 2021 | MSAN(2021)31 — Acebutolol (Sectral®) 100mg capsulessource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 08 Nov 2021, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 08 Nov 2021 | MSAN(2021)32 — Latanoprost 50microgram/ml / timolol 5mg/ml (Fixapost®) 0.2ml unit dosesource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 08 Nov 2021, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 09 Nov 2021 | MSAN(2021)33 — Champix® (varenicline) 0.5mg and 1mg tabletssource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 09 Nov 2021, priority level 3. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 09 Nov 2021 | MSAN(2021)34 — Tocilizumab (RoActemra®) 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filledsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 09 Nov 2021, priority level 3. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2021-W45 (08 Nov 2021 to 14 Nov 2021), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2021-W45), 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.