Weekly digest · ISO week 2025-W51
15 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025: UK medicine supply changes
7 items dated 15 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025, 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 · 2
Medicine Supply Notifications and National Patient Safety Alerts dated this week (England).
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | Medicine Supply Notification: Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml (Fixapost® ) eye drops 0.2ml unit dose preservative freesource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2025/069 issued 19 Dec 2025 (tier 2 of 4). |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Medicine Supply Notification: Nifedipine (Adipine® XL) 30mg and 60mg modified-release tabletssource document ↗ | Medicine Supply Notification MSN/2025/068 issued 19 Dec 2025 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | SSP085 Adipine XL 60mg MR tabs | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP085 issued, valid from 19 Dec 2025, first scheduled to end 06 Feb 2026. |
| 19 Dec 2025 | SSP086 Latanoprost eye drops | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP086 issued, valid from 19 Dec 2025, first scheduled to end 06 Feb 2026. |
| 19 Dec 2025 | SSP084 Adipine XL 30mg MR tabs | Serious Shortage Protocol SSP084 issued, valid from 19 Dec 2025, first scheduled to end 06 Feb 2026. |
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 22 Dec 2025 to 04 Jan 2026. A scheduled end is the register's date, nothing about local stock.
None recorded for this week.
Scotland · 2
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notices issued this week — a separate source, never summed with England.
| Date | Record | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | MSAN(2024)53 — Fiasp® FlexTouch® (insulin aspart) 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-source document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 16 Dec 2025, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
| 16 Dec 2025 | MSAN(2025)54 — Tresiba® FlexTouch® (insulin degludec) 100units/ml solution for injection 3mlsource document ↗ | NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice issued 16 Dec 2025, priority level 2. Scotland only — never added to England counts. |
Cite as: “UK medicine supply changes, week 2025-W51 (15 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025), ShortageSignal (shortagesignal.co.uk/digest/2025-W51), 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.