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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2025/040

Medicine Supply Notification: Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tablets sugar free

MSN/2025/040 Tier 2 · medium · issued 30 Jun 2025

Reference
MSN/2025/040
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
30 Jun 2025
Expected back
late July 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes
2
Source
Announcement post ↗

Presentations, as stated

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PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Betamethasone 500microgram soluble tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedlate July 2025precision: late in the month · window end 31 Jul 2025, derived from “late July 2025”notice of 30 Jun 2025
Alternative soluble oral corticosteroidsclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 30 Jun 2025
Alternative treatment optionsclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 30 Jun 2025

What changed

  1. 30 Jun 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 30 Jun 2025Expected backsource post

Provenance

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Recorded
12 Jul 2026 14:45 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
12 Jul 2026 14:45 UTC
Content hash
3266ec99aacc46d538a30deb1a68996d4622b0ea6a7a4e26904a57bebd51e5f2
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Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-betamethasone-500microgram-soluble-tablets-sugar-free ↗
Parser version
3
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