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Aspirin

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As of 06 Nov 2026 05:26 UTC. Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.

Latest England noticeMSN/2022/004 Tier 2 · issued 31 Jan 2022 (1740 days ago)

Expected backmid-April 2022 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1661 days)window end 20 Apr 2022, derived from “mid-April 2022”

Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register

Scotlandno NHS Scotland alert matched to this name (separate record)

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2022/004 (31 Jan 2022): the product named, the status the source stated, and the expected-back phrase kept as written. Not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Aspirin 150mg and 300mg suppositoriesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	mid-April 2022precision: mid-month · window end 20 Apr 2022, derived from “mid-April 2022”	notice of 31 Jan 2022

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register. Matching is by name until identifier coding lands.

Named in the source as remaining available

The latest recorded notice names no alternative as remaining available.

Identifiers — Aspirin

Also known as: Angettes 75 tablets · Aspirin 100mg/5ml oral liquid · Aspirin 15mg/5ml oral liquid · Aspirin 225mg/5ml oral liquid · Aspirin 25mg capsules · Aspirin 25mg/5ml oral liquid · +23 more
BNF chemical: Aspirin 0209000A0 — matched on a generic name
Class: Antiplatelet drugs · Cardiovascular System
SNOMED codes: 10063011000001103, 10063211000001108, 10064711000001104, 10450211000001102, 11692711000001109 and 121 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset: A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Accord-UK Ltd · Actavis UK Ltd · Alissa Healthcare Research Ltd · Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd · Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd · +37 more (from the dataset, not from the notices)

BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (presentation name), confidence 0.90 — grouping under review where marked Release Jul 2026. chemical 'Aspirin' appears under 2 BNF codes; 0209000A0 (most presentations) taken.

BNF SNOMED mapping, NHSBSA Copyright 2026; Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data, NHSBSA Copyright 2026. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

History

One supply notification on record, 31 Jan 2022. We record when a shortage is declared, not when stock returns — the source doesn't publish that. An update sharing a reference counts as one episode.

Issued	Notice	Kind	Tier	Reference
31 Jan 2022	Medicine Supply Notification: Aspirin 150mg and 300mg suppositories	Supply notification	Tier 2	MSN/2022/004

Also recorded under

No other name appears in this medicine's notice titles. Grouping is by the head name in each title; brand and generic names may still sit on separate pages until identifier coding refines it — see the A–Z.

Scotland — separate record

No NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice on record matches this name. Scotland is a separate record (all Scotland alerts); absence here is not a statement about supply in Scotland.