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Diamorphine hydrochloride powder for reconstitution and injection 5mg and

MSAN(2021)18 · Level 2 · issued 15 Apr 2021 · source anomaly flagged ⚠

Reference
MSAN(2021)18
Issued
15 Apr 2021
Priority
Level 2
Valid until
w/c 19th April 2021 as stated by the source
Source
Signed NHS Scotland notice (PDF) ↗

Provenance

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scot:msan:2021:18

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
b7a44e6b4027af1f7877bec57f8b7ee5a1df5cc13733e6457b0bac3b8814a7e4
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-2021-18.pdf ↗
Source anomalies
  • no product/status lines recognised
as recorded by the parser about the source as captured — flagged, never corrected

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.