Weekly digest · ISO week 2023-W13
27 Mar 2023 to 02 Apr 2023: UK medicine supply changes
9 items dated 27 Mar 2023 to 02 Apr 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 · 5
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Acetazolamide (Diamox® SR) 250mg modified-release capsulessource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/033 issued 27 Mar 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 27 Mar 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Primidone (Aspire Pharma) 50mg tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/032 issued 27 Mar 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 27 Mar 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Estradiol valerate/medroxyprogesterone acetate (Indivina® ) 1mg/2.5mg tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/034 issued 27 Mar 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 28 Mar 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Estradiol (Progynova® TS) 100micrograms/24hours transdermal patchessource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/035 issued 28 Mar 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 29 Mar 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Ciclosporin (Vanquorel® ) 25mg capsulessource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/036 issued 29 Mar 2023 (tier 3 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 · 2
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2023 | MSN/2023/007 — Medicine Supply Notification: Fluoxetine 20mg/5ml oral solution and fluoxetine (Olena® ) 20mg dispersible tabletssource document ↗ | Expected back "March 2023", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 31 Mar 2023 (the last day of the stated month; the source gives no day). Reaching it is an observation about the record, not about stock at your wholesaler. |
| 31 Mar 2023 | MSN/2023/017 — Medicine Supply Notification: Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tabletssource document ↗ | Expected back "late March 2023", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 31 Mar 2023 (the last day of the stated month; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2023 | SSP052 Progynova 100mcg patches | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP052 issued, valid from 28 Mar 2023, first scheduled to end 09 Jun 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 · 1
Protocols whose NHSBSA register end date falls this week, per the register as last checked.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2023 | SSP005 Fluoxetine 10mg tablets | Scheduled end 31 Mar 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 · 0
Register end dates from 03 Apr 2023 to 16 Apr 2023. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
None recorded for this week.
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 2023-W13 (27 Mar 2023 to 02 Apr 2023), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2023-W13), 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.