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MHRA responds to ‘misleading’ Sunday Post article
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has responded to a Sunday Post article that suggested thousands of patients were being affected by faulty equipment across the NHS, describing the claims as ‘misleading’.
John Wilkinson, director of devices at MHRA, warned that the article, ‘Deadly toll of dodgy NHS gear. Thousands killed or seriously injured by faulty equipment’, could lead to an increase of concern not just amongst healthcare professionals but amongst patients as well.
Wilkonson advised: “There are hundreds of thousands of medical devices used in healthcare settings every day and they have helped to transform the lives of many millions of people every year.”
He said that when incidents do occur it is ‘vitally important’ they are reported, but stressed that incidents involving medical devices represented a ‘small proportion’ of those reported through the ‘Yellow Card’ system.
Wilkinson added: “Where there is a problem with a device that requires action from healthcare professionals we send details to all affected health establishments in the UK and publish details of the problem on our website.
“Improving the rates and quality of reporting from healthcare professionals is one of our key priorities and we’re working with NHS England and our colleagues in the devolved administrations to make adverse incident reporting easier.”
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