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Managing a robust and resilient supply of medicines: data pack
Data supporting DHSC and NHS England’s ongoing work and future plans to improve shortage management and strengthen medicines supply chain resilience.
Applies to England
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This is an ad-hoc publication of the data underlying the policy paper Managing a robust and resilient supply of medicines.
It includes data about:
- UK licensed medicines by legal status type
- Discontinuations and Shortages (DaSH) portal notifications
- risk ‘tiering’ of DaSH notifications
- Medicine Supply Notifications (MSNs)
- root causes of UK supply issues
A wide range of people and organisations are impacted by the stability and reliability of the supply of medicines. Therefore, the policy paper and this accompanying data pack are aimed at a broad audience, including all those operating across the supply chain and in the provision of care to patients and patient groups.
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Published 11 August 2025