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Lidocaine (Xylocaine®) 10mg/dose spray sugar free

MSAN(2025)23 · Level 2 · issued 16 May 2025

Reference
MSAN(2025)23
Issued
16 May 2025
Priority
Level 2
Valid until
30 June 2025 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
1. Lidocaine (Xylocaine® ) 10mg/dose spray sugar free is out of stock from mid-May until lateOut of stocklate
2. Lidocaine 5% / Phenylephrine 0.5% nasal spray remains available but cannot support anAvailable — cannot support uplift—
available but cannot support an increase in demand.Available — cannot support uplift—
4. Lidocaine 50mg/g / Cetrimide 1.5mg/g (Xylonor® ) gel sugar free remains available and canAvailable—
Registration for access to the website is available to UK healthcare professionals andAvailable—

Provenance

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scot:msan:2025:23

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
848874774f93968490786f26229875c9578584e9a4f8c56f103c68d49c176b07
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-2025-23.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.