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Diamorphine 5mg, 10mg and 100mg powder for solution for injection ampoules

MSAN(2026)1 · Level 3 · issued 06 Jan 2026

Reference
MSAN(2026)1
Issued
06 Jan 2026
Priority
Level 3
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
5. Sufficient supplies of morphine sulfate 10mg/ml injection are available from Ethypharm andAvailable—
9. Diamorphine is available for medicinal analgesia use only in the UK. It is licensed for theAvailable—
you need to register with the SPS website. Registration for access to the website is available toAvailable—

Provenance

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scot:msan:2026:1

Recorded
06 Aug 2026 21:25 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice (PDF)
Captured at
06 Aug 2026 21:25 UTC
Content hash
57426ae98267e5e00d0d7bfcd9ca73baf81071c46f4965930927d22956919672
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-2026-01.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.