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MSAN(2019)6 · Level 3 · issued 16 Oct 2019

Reference
MSAN(2019)6
Issued
16 Oct 2019
Priority
Level 3
Valid until
15 January 2020 NHS Medical Directors as stated by the source
Source
Signed NHS Scotland notice (PDF) ↗

What the notice states

The supply position for each affected product, as recorded in the notice — read the full signed PDF above for the clinical advice and actions.

ProductPositionResupply
products may remain available. These should be reserved for EDINBURGH, EH1 3DGAvailable—
remain available and therefore the majority of patients will need to be switched toAvailable—
impact) therapeutic class are available but which may likely to require a change in the classAvailable—

Provenance

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scot:msan:2019:6

Recorded
13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice (PDF)
Captured at
13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
Content hash
4c8f093112e35adc3947e4ccd6c4483ff43a4e8d11eac611689e1d245efc1b36
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/msan-2019-06.pdf ↗

From the NHS Scotland notice PDF (linked above); dates and “valid until” text are as stated, fuzzy wording kept as written. Scotland is covered separately from England — see methodology. Not an official NHS service, and not clinical advice — follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy.