It is wise to make a regular check of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory products Agency which highlights recent alerts and safety information on medical devices and medicines.
Incidents relating to medical devices must be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as soon as possible. Further information about reporting incidents, online incident reporting facilities, and downloadable report forms are available from MHRA’s website (www.mhra.gov.uk).
Alternatively, further information and printed incident report forms are available from: MHRA Adverse Incident Centre Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ Telephone 020 7084 3080 or Fax 020 7084 3109 or e-mail: aic@mhra.gsi.gov.uk (An answering service operates outside normal office hours).
Medical Device Alerts are available in full text on the MHRA website.
