§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps were taken by the Medical Devices Agency or the former relevant authority before it to certify the safety of the probe implicated in the loss of eyes by patients at Burnley general hospital. [23856]
§ Mr. SackvilleResponsibility for the design of individual medical devices resides with the manufacturer of the device. As soon as the problem was identified, Burnley Health Care NHS trust notified the manufacturers and the Medical Devices Agency, which are issuing a hazard notice to all NHS hospitals.