• The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe.
• No product is risk-free. Underpinning all their work lie robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks.
• They keep watch over medicines and devices, and take any necessary action to protect the public promptly if there is a problem.
• They aim to make as much information as possible publicly available.
• They enable greater access to products, and the timely introduction of innovative treatments and technologies that benefit patients and the public.
• They encourage everyone-the public and healthcare professionals as well as industry-to tell them about any problems with a medicine or medical device, so that they can investigate and take any necessary action

A full explanation of what they do and how they do it is on their website

For the most current listing of all safety warnings, alerts and recalls please click here .