Weekly digest · ISO week 2023-W39
25 Sep 2023 to 01 Oct 2023: UK medicine supply changes
9 items dated 25 Sep 2023 to 01 Oct 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 · 3
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Azelaic acid (Skinoren®) 20% creamsource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/090 issued 27 Sep 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Disopyramide (Rythmodan®)100mg capsulessource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/091 issued 27 Sep 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 27 Sep 2023 | National Patient Safety Alert: Shortage of methylphenidate prolonged-release capsules and tablets, lisdexamfetamine capsules, and guanfacine prolonged-release tablets.source document ↗ | National Patient Safety Alert NatPSA/2023/011/DHSC issued 27 Sep 2023. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2023 | MSN/2023/068 — Medicine Supply Notification: Atomoxetine 40mg and 60mg capsulessource document ↗ | Expected back "September 2023", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 30 Sep 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. |
| 30 Sep 2023 | MSN/2023/082 — Medicine Supply Notification: Estradiol (Estradot® ) 25micrograms/24 hours, 37.5micrograms/24 hours and 100micrograms/24 hours transdermal patchessource document ↗ | Expected back "late September 2023", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 30 Sep 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 · 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 · 1
Protocols whose NHSBSA register end date falls this week, per the register as last checked.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2023 | SSP056 Utrogestan 100mg capssource document ↗ | Scheduled end 29 Sep 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 02 Oct 2023 to 15 Oct 2023. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
None recorded for this week.
Scotland · 3
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2023 | MSAN(2023)26 — Discontinuation of lixisenatide (Lyxumia®) 20micrograms/0.2ml solution forsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 29 Sep 2023, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 29 Sep 2023 | MSAN(2023)27 — Midazolam (Epistatus®) 2.5mg/0.25mL and 10mg/1mL oromucosal solution pre-source document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 29 Sep 2023, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 29 Sep 2023 | MSAN(2023)28 — Somatropin (Genotropin® MiniQuick) 1.4mg powder and solvent for solution forsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 29 Sep 2023, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2023-W39 (25 Sep 2023 to 01 Oct 2023), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2023-W39), 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.