Weekly digest · ISO week 2023-W04
23 Jan 2023 to 29 Jan 2023: UK medicine supply changes
9 items dated 23 Jan 2023 to 29 Jan 2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Senokot® syrup and Senokot® 12 Years Plus syrup (both containing 7.5mg/5ml sennosides)source document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/004 issued 23 Jan 2023 (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 · 3
Serious Shortage Protocols (UK-wide) whose issue, expiry or revocation is dated this week.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 2023 | SSP048 Estradot 50mcg patches | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP048 issued, valid from 25 Jan 2023, first scheduled to end 17 Feb 2023. |
| 25 Jan 2023 | SSP049 Estradot 100mcg patches | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP049 issued, valid from 25 Jan 2023, first scheduled to end 17 Feb 2023. |
| 27 Jan 2023 | SSP039 Atorvastatin 20mg Chewable | SSP revoked recorded 27 Jan 2023. |
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 · 2
Protocols whose NHSBSA register end date falls this week, per the register as last checked.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2023 | SSP036 Estraderm MX 100source document ↗ | Scheduled end 27 Jan 2023 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
| 27 Jan 2023 | SSP038 Estraderm MX 75 mcg patchessource document ↗ | Scheduled end 27 Jan 2023 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 · 1
Register end dates from 30 Jan 2023 to 12 Feb 2023. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 03 Feb 2023 | SSP039 Atorvastatin 20mg Chewablesource document ↗ | Scheduled end 03 Feb 2023 per the NHSBSA register as last checked. An extension moves this date; check the register before acting. |
Scotland · 2
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 2023 | MSAN(2023)5 — Vigabatrin (Sabril®) 500mg tabletssource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 24 Jan 2023, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 25 Jan 2023 | MSAN(2023)4 — • Insulin isophane biphasic human 25/75 (Insuman® Comb 25) 100units/mlsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 25 Jan 2023, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2023-W04 (23 Jan 2023 to 29 Jan 2023), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2023-W04), 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.