The DHSC and NHSE&I jointly published a Guide to Managing Medicines Supply and Shortages in November 2019. The guide sets out the approach taken by the DHSC Medicines Supply Team and NHS&I Commercial Medicines Unit, with information on: intelligence; information gathering; risk assessment; categorisation; escalation routes; management options and communication methods. The DHSC and NHSE&I teams and the Continue Reading »
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry have today [16/03/20] launched a ‘Responding to COVID-19‘ webpage, with information about the potential impact of the pandemic on the medicines supply chain and the steps being taken to safeguard supplies, including: The UK Government has asked pharmaceutical companies where possible to retain any remaining additional stockpiles of medicines that were Continue Reading »
The January 2020 edition of the Supply issues update for primary and secondary care from the Department of Health & Social Care is available – along with recent letters, memos & Medicine Supply Notifications – from the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) [NB: Log-in before using links – Register here]. The January Supply issues update (also available from Continue Reading »
The last Department of Health & Social Care Supply Issues Update of the decade is now available via the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service @ https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/department-of-health-and-pharmaceutical-market-strategy-group-pmsg-supply-updates/ [NB: link will only work if already logged in to SPS – register HERE].
The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England & NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have published a comprehensive guide to the processes and systems in place to help manage medicines supply issues. The guide set out “… to detail the national, regional and local management and escalation processes and communication routes for medicines supply issues” and to support Continue Reading »