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<p>There are around 14,000 licensed medicines, and the overwhelming majority are in
good supply. However, the medicine supply chain is highly regulated, complex, and
global and supply disruption is an issue which affects countries all around the world.</p><p>The
Department’s medicines Discontinuations and Shortages (DaSH) portal was established
in October 2020 to collect notifications from suppliers of potential supply issues.
Data from before October 2020 cannot be provided as this information is not held.
The following table shows the number of supply issue notifications added to the DaSH
portal, each month since 2020:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month added to DaSH</p></td><td><p>Number
of supply issue notifications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2020</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2020</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2020</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2021</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2021</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May
2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2021</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2021</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2022</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2022</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May
2022</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2022</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2022</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2022</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2023</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2023</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May
2023</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2023</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2023</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2023</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2024</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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