The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Show the yellow card to suspect healthcare products
NHS Lanarkshire is keen to increase its use of the system to report potential problems with medicines and medical devices.
Known as the Yellow Card Scheme, it is vital in helping watchdogs monitor the safety of healthcare products.
Staff and patients can use the Yellow Card system to report concerns to the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency).
NHS Lanarkshire consultant cardiologist Dr Mehrdad Malekian said: ‘We need to improve Yellow Card reporting in Lanarkshire. The scheme is vital in helping to monitor safety of all healthcare products.
“Reports can be made by anyone and include all medicines, vaccines, blood factors and immunoglobulins, medical devices, herbal and homeopathic remedies.”
The scheme collects information on suspected problems or incidents involving:
- side effects
- medical device adverse incidents
- defective medicines
- counterfeit or fake medicines or medical devices.
The MHRA says it’s important for people to report problems experienced with medicines or medical devices to identify issues which might not have been previously known about.
Yellow Card reports can be made online at yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk. There is also a phone app and a Yellow Card form, which you can get at pharmacies, GP surgeries or from the Yellow Card hotline by calling freephone 0808 100 3352.
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