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Safety of the medicines and equipment used in the treatment of patients is of paramount importance. This month’s web trawl discusses UK based web sites dedicated to providing up to date information relating to such safety issues.

http://www.mhra.gov.uk This is the web site of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA); the agency of the Department of Health that protects the public by ensuring that all medicines and medical devices used in the UK are of an appropriate standard of safety and effectiveness. The MHRA is an amalgamation of two previously existing agencies, the Medical Devices Agency (MDA) and the Medicines Control Agency (MCA). From a common home page, the user is able to access current news items about medicines and devices, as well as the home pages of the two previously separate organisations. Clicking on the link for the "Medicines" brings the user to this section’s home page (. . . [Full text of this article]