{"id":17,"date":"2019-11-20T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yccscotland.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:56:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yccscotland.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal > .kt-inside-inner-col > #kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{max-width:unset;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-radius:200px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;background:#fddc05;padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{background:#fddc05;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kadence-info-box-icon-container .kt-info-svg-icon, #kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, #kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-size:35px;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#444444;border-radius:200px;overflow:hidden;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#444444;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-infobox-textcontent h2.kt-blocks-info-box-title{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-infobox#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-text{font-size:12px;}#kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{background:transparent;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-top:4px;padding-right:8px;padding-bottom:4px;padding-left:8px;margin-top:10px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<div id=\"kt-info-box_fc55f6-5a\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-left kt-info-halign-left\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-icon-container kt-info-icon-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-icon-inner-container\"><span style=\"display:block;justify-content:center;align-items:center\" class=\"kt-info-svg-icon kt-info-svg-icon-fe_aperture\"><svg style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"35\" width=\"35\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"10\"><\/circle><line x1=\"14.31\" y1=\"8\" x2=\"20.05\" y2=\"17.94\"><\/line><line x1=\"9.69\" y1=\"8\" x2=\"21.17\" y2=\"8\"><\/line><line x1=\"7.38\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"13.12\" y2=\"2.06\"><\/line><line x1=\"9.69\" y1=\"16\" x2=\"3.95\" y2=\"6.06\"><\/line><line x1=\"14.31\" y1=\"16\" x2=\"2.83\" y2=\"16\"><\/line><line x1=\"16.62\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"10.88\" y2=\"21.94\"><\/line><\/svg><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\">In this section you will find information about\u00a0YCC Scotland as an organisation and the day to day running of the centre, including minutes from meetings and biographies of members of our Advisory Group and Management Board.<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#9b9400\">Yellow Card Centre Scotland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>YCC Scotland is a joint venture between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Scottish Government.&nbsp; Its aim is to improve drug safety in Scotland.&nbsp; The centre is based within the Medicines Information Department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also an advisory group of relevant experts which 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, and allied healthcare professionals.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#9b9400\">Our Mission Statement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of YCC Scotland is to enhance and safeguard the public&#8217;s health in Scotland by seeking to minimise the adverse effects of medicines. 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