Weekly digest · ISO week 2022-W50
12 Dec 2022 to 18 Dec 2022: UK medicine supply changes
10 items dated 12 Dec 2022 to 18 Dec 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 · 1
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2022 | Medicine Supply Notification: Antibiotics for the treatment of Group A Strepsource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2022/105 issued 12 Dec 2022 (tier 2 of 4). |
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 · 8
Serious Shortage Protocols (UK-wide) whose issue, expiry or revocation is dated this week.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2022 | SSP041 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg-5ml oral solution sugar free | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP041 issued, valid from 15 Dec 2022, first scheduled to end 31 Jan 2023. |
| 15 Dec 2022 | SSP040 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 125mg-5ml oral solution sugar free | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP040 issued, valid from 15 Dec 2022, first scheduled to end 31 Jan 2023. |
| 15 Dec 2022 | SSP042 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg-5ml oral solution | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP042 issued, valid from 15 Dec 2022, first scheduled to end 31 Jan 2023. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | SSP046 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP046 issued, valid from 16 Dec 2022. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | SSP043 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 125mg/5ml oral solution | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP043 issued, valid from 16 Dec 2022. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | SSP047 Penicillin 250mg tabs | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP047 issued, valid from 16 Dec 2022. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | SSP044 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 125mg/5ml oral solution sugar free | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP044 issued, valid from 16 Dec 2022. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | SSP045 Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg/5ml oral solution | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP045 issued, valid from 16 Dec 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 · 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 19 Dec 2022 to 01 Jan 2023. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
None recorded for this week.
Scotland · 1
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2022 | MSAN(2022)6 — Antibiotics for the treatment of Group A Strepsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 14 Dec 2022, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2022-W50 (12 Dec 2022 to 18 Dec 2022), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2022-W50), 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.