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Estriol

https://shortagesignal.co.uk/medicine/estriol

As of 03 Nov 2026 22:51 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2023/041 Tier 2 · issued 06 Apr 2023 (1307 days ago)

Expected backmid-late May 2023 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1252 days)window end 31 May 2023, derived from “mid-late May 2023”

Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol in force; 3 expired on this record (below)

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/2023/041 (06 Apr 2023): 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
Estriol (Imvaggis®) 0.03mg pessaryaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	mid-late May 2023precision: late in the month · window end 31 May 2023, derived from “mid-late May 2023”	notice of 06 Apr 2023
Alternative estriol vaginal productsclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 06 Apr 2023

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register — 3 earlier protocols on this record have expired: SSP025 (to 30 Nov 2022), SSP024 (to 30 Nov 2022), SSP020 (to 30 Nov 2022). 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 — Estriol

Also known as: Blissel 50micrograms/g vaginal gel with applicator · Estriol 0.01% vaginal cream · Estriol 0.01% vaginal cream with applicator · Estriol 1mg/g vaginal cream with applicator · Estriol 30microgram pessaries · Estriol 500microgram pessaries · +7 more
BNF chemical: Estriol 0702010F0 — matched on a generic name
Class: Preparations for vaginal and vulval changes · Treatment of vaginal and vulval conditions · Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Urinary-Tract Disorders
SNOMED codes: 27327411000001100, 27925011000001107, 27992111000001109, 27993411000001108, 28090811000001102 and 23 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset: A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd · Aspen Pharma Trading Ltd · Atnahs Pharma UK Ltd · Besins Healthcare (UK) Ltd · Consilient Health Ltd · +3 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.

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 2 times on record since 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
06 Apr 2023	Medicine Supply Notification: Estriol (Imvaggis® ) 0.03mg pessary	Supply notification	Tier 2	MSN/2023/041
03 May 2022	Medicine Supply Notification: Estriol (Ovestin® ) 1mg cream	Supply notification	Tier 2	MSN/2022/038
03 May 2022	Medicine Supply Notification: Estriol (Ovestin® ) 1mg cream - Updated	Notification update	Tier 2	MSN/2022/038

Also recorded under

Bracketed names seen in this medicine's notice titles: imvaggis, ovestin. 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.