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YCC Scotland (previously known as CSM Scotland) is a joint venture
between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
and the Scottish Government aimed to improve drug safety in Scotland.
It is sited within the Centre for Adverse Drugs Reactions Scotland
(CARDS), in Edinburgh. This website will tell you something about
the personnel working in the centre
and provide information on the centre's mission statement and its main aim, which is to increase
and improve the quality of adverse drug reactions (ADR) reporting
in Scotland using the Yellow Card Reporting
Scheme. It is our intention that this scheme in Scotland will
assist in improving the quality of healthcare provision by facilitating
ADR reporting.
Local reporting schemes in England and Wales have operated for over
20 years and have been shown to increase the quality and quantity
of ADR reporting. This is an important part of clinical governance.
In addition, because of our local network, we hope to provide local
contact points to assist reporters when they are uncertain about the
correct steps to take in this process.
The centre is based within the Medicines Information Department of
the Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust. It is already establishing
a network, through medicines information services in Scotland. In
addition an advisory group of relevant experts has been established.
This advisory group includes representatives of health professional
groups able to make ADR reports, including doctors (working in hospital
and primary care), pharmacists (working in hospital and the community),
nurses, midwives and health visitors.
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