LekoskopLekoskop
EN All changes
Medicine recalls and shortages › Serious shortages (SSP) › 16 Jul 2024
Serious Shortage Protocol

Quetiapine 300mg tablets substitution

In force from 16 Jul 2024 · source: NHS Business Services Authority (DHSC Serious Shortage Protocols)
Serious shortage protocol SSP068: 16 Jul 2024 – 13 Sep 2024
Pharmacists may supply the alternative set out in the protocol instead of the prescribed product, if appropriate and the patient agrees.
SSP068 · until 13 Sep 2024

What this means

The Department of Health and Social Care has issued a Serious Shortage Protocol: during a serious shortage, pharmacists may supply an alternative strength, formulation or quantity instead of the prescribed product, if appropriate and the patient agrees, without going back to the prescriber. The protocol states its start and end dates.

Serious Shortage Protocol SSP068

ProductQuetiapine 300mg tablets substitution
In force16 Jul 2024 – 13 Sep 2024

The protocol document (linked above) sets out the alternative that may be supplied and the conditions.

Tracked from information published by the MHRA and the NHSBSA. This information is for guidance only and does not replace advice from your doctor or pharmacist.