Estradot shortage: official notices
Estradot estradiol patches · HRT
Estradot is under 4 current official notices.
These are official notices, not stock levels.
Most shortages never get a protocol or an alert, so no notice here doesn't mean your pharmacy has it, and a notice doesn't mean it's gone everywhere. Ask your pharmacist. Don't change your dose or swap products yourself: under a shortage protocol the pharmacist decides what can be supplied instead, and your prescriber decides anything beyond that.
Current notices
- Estradot 25 microgram patchesIn forceSSP082 · 3 April 2025 to 8 January 2027, amended on 2 October 2026Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 100 microgram patchesIn forceSSP081 · 19 December 2024 to 8 January 2027, amended on 2 October 2026Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 75 microgram patchesIn forceSSP080 · 19 December 2024 to 8 January 2027, amended on 2 October 2026Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 50 microgram patchesIn forceSSP079 · 19 December 2024 to 8 January 2027, amended on 2 October 2026Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
Past notices
- Estradot 100mcg patchesEndedSSP057 · 21 August 2023 to 8 December 2023Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 75mcg patchesEndedSSP055 · 13 April 2023 to 5 May 2023Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 100mcg patchesEndedSSP049 · 25 January 2023 to 17 March 2023, amended on 16 February 2023Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 50mcg patchesEndedSSP048 · 25 January 2023 to 24 February 2023, amended on 16 February 2023Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
- Estradot 75microgram patchesEndedSSP012 · 29 April 2021 to 11 June 2021Read the protocol (PDF) · NHSBSA Serious Shortage Protocol
If you can't get it
- Ask your pharmacist. They can see current supply and, if a protocol is in force, what it allows them to supply instead.
- Don't change your dose, split doses or swap products on your own. Any change beyond a protocol is for your prescriber.
- Bought it online? Check the provider is registered before ordering elsewhere.
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Sources
- Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs), NHSBSA Copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Alerts, recalls and safety information (MHRA and DHSC, gov.uk, OGL v3.0): supply-related items only.
- Past DHSC alerts and supply notifications, checked by hand, each linked to where it was published.
Checked 7 November 2026. We re-read the sources every 6 hours.
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Official notices only, not stock levels or medical advice, and not a recommendation of any medicine.