Do medical colleagues know who to report an adverse incident to? John Watkins Communications Division MHRA

Research Research by Ipsos MORI in 2006: General Public and Healthcare Professionals Medicines and Medical Devices Views on Risk, Regulation, Information sources, and how to report adverse reactions and adverse incidents

Coverage of research Healthcare Professionals: GPs Hospital Physicians Pharmacists Surgeons Nurses Telephone interviews with 100 surgeons and 100 nurses

The question Who, or which organisation, if any, would you contact if you wished to report an adverse incident with a medical device or a piece of equipment? no list of choices, no prompting spontaneous replies could give more than one answer – so percentages add to more than 100%.

The answers (1) Would use an Adverse Incident Report Form Would use a Yellow Card Nurses Surgeons NursesPhysicians

The answers (2) Would use an Adverse Incident Report Form MHRA MDA AI Report Form / MHRA / MDA (est) Central monitoring/ liaison officer in the Trust A technician Medical device / engineering / physics dept Fill in an incident report form Hospital risk team Specialist Support (estimate) Nurses Surgeons

The answers (3) Manufacturer A(nother) doctor/surgeon A(nother) nurse Another healthcare professional (est) Another Govt body (incl NPSA, DoH, NICE) Health Authority/Trust/Hospital or its mgmt/NHS Other (including professional bodies) Don’t know Miscellaneous (est) Nurses Surgeons

What’s the chances of a report to MHRA? AI Report Form / MHRA / MDA Likely to get to MHRA Specialist Support Might well get to MHRA Manufacturer Don’t know Another healthcare professional If they can be bothered Miscellaneous Very little chance of getting to us Nurses Surgeons

But can they be bothered? “Who, or which organisation, if any, would you contact if you wished to report an adverse incident with a medical device or a piece of equipment?” I’m too busy Everybody already knows about this It’s not my job to report etc Motivations – further research?

Do medical colleagues know who to report an adverse incident to? John Watkins Communications Division MHRA

Slide 11 © QUESTION This question is only for those of you who have responsibilities within a hospital. If you saw a report from a surgeon about an incident and another report from a nurse, which do you think would give the most useful account of what happened? (select one option) the surgeon’s the nurse’s there wouldn’t be much difference don’t know

Slide 12 © QUESTION This question is only for those of you who have responsibilities within primary care. If you saw a report from a GP about an incident and another report from a nurse, which do you think would give the most useful account of what happened? (select one option) the GP’s the nurse’s there wouldn’t be much difference don’t know

Slide 13 © QUESTION A medical colleague thinks an adverse incident ought to be reported. They think they ought to report it to - the hospital, or hospital management, or to - the trust or the local health authority. How likely do you think it is that MHRA will get an adverse incident report about the problem? (select one option) Very likely Likely Unlikely Very unlikely Don’t know

Slide 14 © QUESTION In your experience, are adverse incidents reported to the manufacturer or supplier without informing MHRA? (select one option) Often Sometimes Never Don’t know