Weekly digest · ISO week 2023-W49
04 Dec 2023 to 10 Dec 2023: UK medicine supply changes
5 items dated 04 Dec 2023 to 10 Dec 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 · 4
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 05 Dec 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Diazepam 2mg/5ml oral solution sugar freesource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/112 issued 05 Dec 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 05 Dec 2023 | Medicine Supply Notification: Propantheline bromide (Pro-Banthine® ) 15mg tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2023/113 issued 05 Dec 2023 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 07 Dec 2023 | National Patient Safety Alert: Potential contamination of some carbomer-containing lubricating eye products with Burkholderia cenocepacia - measures to reduce patient risksource document ↗ | National Patient Safety Alert issued 07 Dec 2023. |
| 08 Dec 2023 | National Patient Safety Alert: Potential for inappropriate dosing of insulin when switching insulin degludec (Tresiba®) productssource document ↗ | National Patient Safety Alert NatPSA/2023/016/DHSC issued 08 Dec 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 · 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 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 08 Dec 2023 | SSP057 Estradot 100mcg patchessource document ↗ | Scheduled end 08 Dec 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 11 Dec 2023 to 24 Dec 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-W49 (04 Dec 2023 to 10 Dec 2023), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2023-W49), 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.