Serious Shortage Protocol · SSP081

Estradot 100mcg patches

SSP081 · in force · expiry 08 Jan 2027 · 1 extension

Valid from: 19 Dec 2024
Current expiry: 08 Jan 2027
Source disagreement ⚠: The NHSBSA register gives the expiry above; the announcement posts we captured imply 28 Jan 2025. The register is the authoritative list, so it is shown — the conflict is recorded, not smoothed over (see methodology).
Type: —
Official documents: Protocol & endorsement documents (NHSBSA) ↗ · 2 archived

What this protocol permits

Read from the signed protocol — an excerpt for reference, not advice. The medicine to be supplied is quoted verbatim (every word checked against that PDF); scope and legal category are read from it. Quantity is deliberately not reproduced here — the full protocol sets the quantity, inclusion criteria, exclusions and endorsement rules; follow the complete document issued to your pharmacy.

Where it applies: UK-wide
Legal category: POM

Read the full signed protocol (NHSBSA) ↗

On the medicine record

The medicine pagesthis protocol is matched to by name — the latest England notice, each presentation's status as stated, and the history. Name-based until identifier coding refines it.

Estradot · 1 notification on record · matched by medicine name
Estradiol · 13 notifications on record · matched by a bracketed name recorded for this medicine

Extension history

Two kinds of entry, never merged: announcement-dated(the CPE post's own date for the change it announces) and register-observed (dated by the twice-daily check that first showed the change on the NHSBSA register — when we saw it, not when it was decided). Extensions made before our register captures began are known from CPE announcement posts only.

02 Oct 2026Extended — expiry moved 02 Oct 2026 → 08 Jan 2027observed on the NHSBSA register on 02 Oct 2026 register says amended 02 Oct 2026

Provenance

Where this record's bytes came from and when they entered the record. The same fields ship with every API record (/api), so a citation can be checked against the capture. Internet-Archive recoveries are dated by the Archive's capture, never ours.

ssp:081

Recorded: 14 Jul 2026 14:03 UTC
Capture route: Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from: Signed protocol PDF (NHSBSA)
Captured at: 14 Jul 2026 14:03 UTC
Content hash: b31d4e7ca96485a0a5ca0ca8342a92cb9987a2c686c1b3db6b41b238a06204f3
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/serious-shortage-protocols-ssps#SSP081%20Estradot%20100mcg%20patches%20SIGNED.pdf ↗

1 further captured document behind this record

nhsbsa qa pdf

Capture route: Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from: nhsbsa qa pdf
Captured at: 29 Sep 2026 20:44 UTC
Content hash: 7bb8180b12a7c467427275911f78607a3bc9178d82afe6c1644559e437f290f4
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pharmacies-gp-practices-and-appliance-contractors/serious-shortage-protocols-ssps#ENDORS~1.PDF ↗

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Dates are as stated in the source documents. Where a protocol's announcement post and the NHSBSA register disagree, the register wins and the conflict is flagged. Serious Shortage Protocols are archived back to 2019.