HC Deb 14 October 2002 vol 390 cc511-2W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will reply to Question 59418 from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham. [71040]

Mr. Lammy

[holding answer 18 July 2002]I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on Wednesday 24 July 2002,Official Report, vol. 389, col. 1423–24W.

Total number of Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Reports and Reports with a Fatal Outcome from 1997 to 2001 Received by the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) and its Regional Monitoring Centres (RMCs) from the Adverse Drug Reactions On-line Information Tracking (ADROIT) Database
Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Medicines Control Agency (MCA)*
Total No. of ADR Reports: 16,628 18,057 18,488 33,129 21,358
Total No. of Reports with a Fatal Outcome: 455 529 560 610 608
Percentage: 3% 3% 3% 2% 3%
CSM Northern
No. of ADR Reports: 922 920 904 1,286 1,218
No. of Reports with a Fatal Outcome: 17 26 21 23 9
Percentage: 2% 3% 2% 2% 1%
CSM West Midlands
No. of ADR Reports: 1,236 1,305 1,307 2,654 1,317
No. of Reports with a Fatal Outcome: 25 26 21 26 41
Percentage: 2% 2% 2% 1% 3%
CSM Welsh
No. of ADR Reports: 848 970 1,015 2,530 1,418
No. of Reports with a Fatal Outcome: 29 27 15 23 16
Percentage: 3% 3% 1% 1% 1%