As of 04 Nov 2026 16:44 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.
Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice
Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2025/071 (23 Dec 2025): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sufficient supplies of morphine sulfate 10mg/ml injectionnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing | Stated as available | — not stated for this line | notice of 23 Dec 2025 |
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
- Sufficient supplies of morphine sulfate 10mg/ml injection — named by the source as remaining available (inferred from phrasing)
Only names the source itself listed, as it listed them (source post ↗). No substitution, dosing or counselling advice is given here or implied.
Identifiers — Diamorphine
Grouping under review The name on this page has not been matched to one BNF chemical with enough confidence to assert it; nothing here is grouped until a reviewer confirms it.
BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (presentation name), confidence not asserted — grouping under review where marked
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
Notified short 3 times on record since 2021 — a recurring shortage spanning 4.1 years. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 2025 | Medicine Supply Notification: Diamorphine 5mg, 10mg and 100mg powder for solution for injection ampoules | Supply notification | Tier 3 | MSN/2025/071 |
| 16 Mar 2022 | Medicine Supply Notification: Diamorphine 100mg and 500mg powder for solution for injection ampoules | Supply notification | Tier 2 | MSN/2022/024 |
| 29 Nov 2021 | Medicine Supply Notification: Diamorphine 5mg and 10mg powder for solution for injection ampoules - Updated | Supply notification | Tier 2 | MSN/2021/062 |
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
NHS Scotland issues its own Medicine Supply Alert Notices. These match this medicine's name; they are shown beside, never added to, the England record.
- MSAN(2026)1 Diamorphine 5mg, 10mg and 100mg powder for solution for injection ampoules · issued 06 Jan 2026 · matched by name PDF ↗
- MSAN(2021)18 Diamorphine hydrochloride powder for reconstitution and injection 5mg and · issued 15 Apr 2021 · valid until w/c 19th April 2021, as stated · matched by name PDF ↗
- MSAN(2020)10 Diamorphine Hydrochloride powder for reconstitution and injection 5mg & · issued 27 Feb 2020 · valid until Spring / Summer 2020, as stated · matched by name PDF ↗