{"id":20,"date":"2024-05-01T16:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/shortages\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:33:58","slug":"shortages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/pages\/shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shortages are unfortunately a common occurrence and have been for many years.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/3082\/medicines-shortages-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicines Shortages Guidance<\/a>&nbsp;provides processes and tools for pharmacy teams to minimise unnecessary additional workload or impact on patients when they cannot source a medicine for patients, or the market price exceeds the reimbursement price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPS have a shortages page on their main site which pulls together everything you need together in one handy, easy-to-find place. This includes all the current guidance on managing shortages, some helpful flowcharts and reporting mechanisms, Rx endorsing guidance, as well as all up-to-date Medicines Supply Alert Notices (MSANs) and Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs). <br>You can find more information by clicking here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.scot\/#eapps-search-b5f083c9-8924-445a-861f-aadb128912bc-shortages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CPS Shortages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Familiarise and utilise the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/3082\/medicines-shortages-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicines Shortages Guidance<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NHS AA shortages process, which community pharmacy teams should use to attempt to resolve any supply issues&nbsp;<strong>before<\/strong>&nbsp;contacting the GP Pharmacy Teams for alternative products, is available here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/media\/8226\/medicine-shortage-flowchart-for-community-pharmacy-v11-1.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS AA Shortages Flow Chart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CPS negotiate remuneration for cost implications of true shortages. Please remember to notify them of any shortages you experience by clicking here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/members.cps.scot\/shortages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CPS Shortage Tracker<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single route supply lines &#8211; product only available through one supplier, and NOT in short supply. Please attempt to obtain these products &#8211; it may be available from another pharmacy\u2019s supplier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With shortages, please consider rationing amounts to patients to ensure others can gain access to medicines, albeit smaller quantities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the event of a shortage, offer advice on what is available when contacting surgery for alternatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Shortages are unfortunately a common occurrence and have been for many years.&nbsp;Medicines Shortages Guidance&nbsp;provides processes and tools for pharmacy teams [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/998"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-ayrshire-arran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}