Medical Devices (Faults)

HC Deb 07 February 1994 vol 237 c48W

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how her Department, through the medical devices directorate, assesses the effects of faults in medical devices.

Mr. Sackville

Adverse incidents related to medical devices are reported to the national reporting and investigation centre. Scientific and technical experts fro the medical devices directorate investigate these incidents, taking advice from medical and nursing advisors and, where necessary, from relevant specialists in academia and the Health Service.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the United States Food and Drug Administration regarding faulty medical devices.

Mr. Sackville

Officers of the medical devices directorate are in frequent contact with their counterparts in the United States Food and Drug Administration. This includes discussion of faulty medical devices where necessary.