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Originator: National Patient Safety Alert - DHSC

Issue date: 03-Jul-2025 15:35:03

This alert has been issued to:
  • Care Trusts
  • Mental Health Trusts
  • Specialists Trusts
  • Learning Disabilities Trusts
  • Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
  • Ambulance Trusts
  • Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
  • Acute Trusts
  • Community Trusts

  • Other contacts
  • Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
  • Clinical Commissioning Groups
  • NHS Regional Offices
  • Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
  • Special Health Authorities
  • Territorial CMOs in Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • GP - Locum
  • NHS 111 and Out of hours providers
  • Dispensing GP Practices
  • GP Practices
  • Integrated Care Boards
  • DHSC Supply Disruption - Medicines
  • Community Pharmacy
  • Primary Care Networks
  • GP Practices 1

Action category: Action

Title: Shortage of bumetanide 1mg tablets

Broadcast content:

Bumetanide 1mg tablets are out of stock until mid-August 2025.

The supply disruption is caused by a combination of manufacturing issues and a resulting increase in demand to other suppliers.

Bumetanide 1mg/5ml oral solution and bumetanide 5mg tablets remain available, however cannot support any increase in demand.

Furosemide 20mg and 40mg tablets remain available and can support increased demand.

This National Patient Safety Alert provides further background, clinical information and actions for providers.



Additional information: NHS Regions: please cascade this alert to community pharmacy contractors.

Alert reference: NatPSA/2025/003/DHSC

Action underway deadline: 07-Jul-2025

Action complete deadline: 11-Jul-2025

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Email: safetyalerts@mhra.gov.uk

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency