Weekly digest · ISO week 2022-W11
14 Mar 2022 to 20 Mar 2022: UK medicine supply changes
13 items dated 14 Mar 2022 to 20 Mar 2022, 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 · 6
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
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 · 3
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.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar 2022 | MSN/2022/007 — Medicine Supply Notification: Mesalazine (Asacol® ) 400mg and 800mg MR gastro-resistant tabletssource document ↗ | Expected back "mid-March 2022", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 20 Mar 2022 (the 20th of the stated month, the end this record uses for "mid"; the source gives no day). Reaching it is an observation about the record, not about stock at your wholesaler. |
| 20 Mar 2022 | MSN/2022/009 — Medicine Supply Notification: Ciprofloxacin 0.3% / dexamethasone 0.1% ear dropssource document ↗ | Expected back "mid-March 2022", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 20 Mar 2022 (the 20th of the stated month, the end this record uses for "mid"; the source gives no day). Reaching it is an observation about the record, not about stock at your wholesaler. |
| 20 Mar 2022 | MSN/2022/010 — Medicine Supply Notification: Atorvastatin (Lipitor® ) 10mg and 20mg chewable tabletssource document ↗ | Expected back "mid-March 2022", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 20 Mar 2022 (the 20th of the stated month, the end this record uses for "mid"; the source gives no day). Reaching it is an observation about the record, not about stock at your wholesaler. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2022 | SSP018 Salazopyrin 500mg tablets | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP018 issued, valid from 16 Mar 2022. |
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 · 1
Protocols whose NHSBSA register end date falls this week, per the register as last checked.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2022 | SSP016 Atorvastatin 10mg chewable tabssource document ↗ | Scheduled end 18 Mar 2022 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
Protocols scheduled to end in the following 14 days · 2
Register end dates from 21 Mar 2022 to 03 Apr 2022. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2022 | SSP018 Salazopyrin 500mg tabletssource document ↗ | Scheduled end 25 Mar 2022 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
| 01 Apr 2022 | SSP014 Salazopyrin EN-Tabs 500mgsource document ↗ | Scheduled end 01 Apr 2022 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
Scotland · 0
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
None recorded for this week.
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2022-W11 (14 Mar 2022 to 20 Mar 2022), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2022-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.