National Patient Safety Alert · NatPSA/2023/008/DHSC

National Patient Safety Alert DHSC: Shortage of GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) Update

NatPSA/2023/008/DHSC issued 03 Jan 2024

Glp-1 Receptor Agonists has been notified short 3 times since 2023 — see the full history →

Reference: NatPSA/2023/008/DHSC
Kind: National Patient Safety Alert
Issued: 03 Jan 2024
Recorded changes: 2
Source: Announcement post ↗
Recovered from the Internet Archive · archived 01 Mar 2024 — not first-hand capture, dated by its own stated issue date (see methodology).

Presentations, as stated

Each product line re-expressed as the product named, the status the source stated and its expected-back phrase kept as written — not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock. Roles are inferred from phrasing.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Byetta® (exenatide) 5micrograms/0.02ml and 10micrograms/0.04ml solution for injection 1.2ml pre-filled pensaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 03 Jan 2024
Saxenda® (liraglutide) and Wegovy® (semaglutide)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 03 Jan 2024

What changed

03 Jan 2024National Patient Safety Alert issuedsource post
03 Jan 2024Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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post:671b68b35992

Recorded: 01 Mar 2024 05:36 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
the earliest capture we hold is the Internet Archive's, not first-hand
Capture route: Recovered from the Internet Archive — not first-hand capture
Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 01 Mar 2024 05:36 UTC
Content hash: 5fff4d649d7ed0dc25fd6ebf361fce23945fb9b329b3a87ea942b5c4a7ae4128
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-dhsc-shortage-of-glp-1-receptor-agonists-glp-1-ra-update ↗
Archive capture: https://web.archive.org/web/20240301053646id_/https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-dhsc-shortage-of-glp-1-receptor-agonists-glp-1-ra-update ↗
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