Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2025/042

Medicine Supply Notification: Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha) 0.1% eye drops 0.3ml unit dose preservative free

MSN/2025/042 Tier 2 · medium · issued 10 Jul 2025

Diclofenac has been notified short 2 times since 2024 — see the full history →

Reference: MSN/2025/042
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 10 Jul 2025
Expected back: early October 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes: 2
Source: Announcement post ↗

Presentations, as stated

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Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Diclofenac (Voltarol® Ophtha) 0.1% eye drops 0.3ml unit dose preservative freeaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	early October 2025precision: early in the month · window end 10 Oct 2025, derived from “early October 2025”	notice of 10 Jul 2025
Ketorolac 0.5% eye drops, bromfenac 0.9mg/ml eye drops, and nepafenac 1mg/ml and 3mg/ml eye dropsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 10 Jul 2025
Preservative free corticosteroid eye dropsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 10 Jul 2025

What changed

10 Jul 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
10 Jul 2025Expected backsource post

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Recorded: 22 Nov 2025 06:21 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
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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: 7491c87cbc923875a8653d6898ac6c66724c94cb3cbfb66579d372b5b2afef45
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-diclofenac-voltarol-ophtha-0-1-eye-drops-0-3ml-unit-dose-preservative-free ↗
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