Weekly digest · ISO week 2024-W13
25 Mar 2024 to 31 Mar 2024: UK medicine supply changes
7 items dated 25 Mar 2024 to 31 Mar 2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2024 | Medicine Supply Notification: Isosorbide mononitrate (Monomil® XL) 60mg modified-release tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2024/034 issued 26 Mar 2024 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Medicine Supply Notification: Guanfacine (Intuniv®) 2mg and 3mg modified-release tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2024/037 issued 28 Mar 2024 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Medicine Supply Notification: Diazepam 10mg/2.5ml rectal solution tubessource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2024/036 issued 28 Mar 2024 (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 · 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 2024 | MSN/2023/121 — Medicine Supply Notification: Phosphate Sandoz® (sodium dihydrogen phosphate anhydrous 1.936g) effervescent tabletssource document ↗ | Expected back "late March 2024", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 31 Mar 2024 (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 2024 | MSN/2024/030 — Medicine Supply Notification: Jext® 300micrograms/0.3ml (adrenaline 1 in 1000) solution for injection auto-injector pensource document ↗ | Expected back "w/c 25 March 2024", as currently stated by the source. That stated window ends by 31 Mar 2024 (six days after the week-commencing day the source stated). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2024 | SSP059 Monomil XL 60mg | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP059 issued, valid from 26 Mar 2024. |
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 01 Apr 2024 to 14 Apr 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2024 | MSAN(2024)10 — Insulatard® InnoLet® (insulin isophane human) 100units/ml suspension forsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 28 Mar 2024, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2024-W13 (25 Mar 2024 to 31 Mar 2024), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2024-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.