Philip Routledge
Associate medical director, Yellow Card Centre Wales
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Yellow card champions to help increase reporting of adverse drug reactionsSubscription
The Yellow Card Scheme is vital in helping the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) monitor the safety of medicines and vaccines that are on the market. The Yellow Card Centre Wales (YCC Wales) is one of five regional adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring centres acting on behalf of the MHRA. The number of Yellow Cards reported in Wales to the MHRA fell by 26% in 2011–12 — the lowest annual number submitted from Wales for the past ten years. Of all reporters, hos