HC Deb 09 May 1995 vol 259 c408W
Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of general practitioners are making use of yellow card systems for reporting adverse side-effects of drugs. [22926]

Mr. Sackville

The survey by the department of clinical pharmacology at the university of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Medicines Control Agency published in March 1995 found that77 per cent. of general practitioners had reported one or more suspected adverse reactions through the yellow card scheme.