Saxenda shortage: official notices
Saxenda liraglutide pens · GLP-1 medicines
Saxenda isn't under a current official shortage notice, though it has been before.
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.
Past notices
- National Patient Safety Alert: shortage of GLP-1 receptor agonists (update)IssuedNatPSA/2024/001/DHSC · Issued 3 January 2024Read the notice · DHSC notice
- National Patient Safety Alert: shortage of GLP-1 receptor agonistsReplaced by a later alertNatPSA/2023/008/DHSC · Issued 18 July 2023, replaced by NatPSA/2024/001/DHSCRead the notice · DHSC notice
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.
Other GLP-1 medicines products
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.