Medicine shortages in community pharmacy
Guidance on how to deal with medicine shortages in community pharmacy, including a flowchart, top tips and key principles.
Published: 10 March 2020
Updated: 17 January 2024
Want to know about dealing with shortages in secondary care? See our best practice standards for this in England and Scotland.
You may also find our policies on shortages and medicines shortages: solutions for empty shelves.
Sections on this page
- Principles
- Assessing the situation
- Flowchart
- Top tips on assessing the situation
- Suggesting suitable alternatives to the prescriber
- Top tips for suggesting suitable alternatives to the prescriber
- Contacting the prescriber and practice
- Top tips for contacting the prescriber and practice
- Further information