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🔁Faster access to treatments, without compromising safety.

Our approval of aficamten this week, alongside NICE, marks an important milestone for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, made possible through strengthened collaboration across the health system.

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@MHRAgovuk said the decision highlights how closer collaboration can help patients access innovative treatments sooner.

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☀️ Heat can affect your medical devices too.

If you use devices like insulin pumps, CGMs, hearing aids or powered mobility equipment, a few simple steps can help keep them working safely this summer.

Learn more: https://t.co/AVR0oqo2gI

#SummerProofYourHealth

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Heat can affect some medicines.

🎥 Watch to hear Professor Anthony Harnden's top tips for keeping your medicines safe this summer.

#SummerProofYourHealth

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/LK5G1a0lt8

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☀️ As part of our #SummerProofYourHealth campaign, remember: there are no shortcuts to safe weight loss.

Read our latest guidance on the safe use of weight-loss medicines this summer 🔗 https://t.co/CZuOsl4CPI

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☀️ Could your summer routine affect your medicines?

Watch Jenn explain how alcohol, grapefruit juice, herbal supplements and changes to your routine can affect some medicines, and what you can do to stay safe.

▶️ Watch below.
#SummerProofYourHealth

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Did you know that where you store your medicines can affect how well they work?

Hot cars, suitcases, sunny windowsills, and even bathrooms can expose medicines to heat and moisture, which may affect their quality and effectiveness.

Learn more: https://t.co/uuPZWU67pl

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📢The MHRA is strengthening safety warnings for all botulinum toxin type A products, following reports of rare cases of botulism linked to their use.

If you experience any symptoms after treatment, seek immediate medical attention.

For information: https://t.co/izZOJTXXe9

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⚽ Yellow Cards: bad in football; brilliant in patient safety.

Every Yellow Card report helps us build a better picture of the safety of medicines and medical devices.

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🛎️The Interim Devices Working Group is looking to appoint one lay member to the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Expert Advisory Group (PRAS EAG).

To find out more and to apply, visit 🔗 https://t.co/JCctc6csEI

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⚽ Yellow Cards: bad in football; brilliant in patient safety.

Every Yellow Card report helps us build a better picture of the safety of medicines and medical devices.

💛 https://t.co/kai2UB7Y2r

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☀️ Summer plans can bring unexpected medicine interactions.

Our new Summer-proof your health campaign is sharing simple tips to help you stay safe while enjoying everything summer has to offer.

Find out more: https://t.co/i9OqJQAdkr

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Heat can break down the active ingredients in medicines, meaning they might not work when you need them. That includes tablets, inhalers, hormone patches, insulin, and EpiPens.

Visit the @MHRAgovuk website for advice on storing medicine in hot weather: https://t.co/Zyrbsd4enp

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🚨 Four members of an organised criminal group have been sentenced following an MHRA investigation into the illegal online supply of medicines.

Find out more: https://t.co/qY7VSLcl7x

#PatientSafety #MedicinesSafety #Enforcement

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🛎️ We are looking to appoint one expert to the Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee (HMAC).

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit 🔗 https://t.co/njwhuAjXwN

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🛎️ We are looking to appoint an expert in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Distribution Practices (GDP) to the Review Panel.

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit 🔗 https://t.co/PupJBb79K4
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🛎️ We are looking to appoint experts to the Paediatric Medicines Expert Advisory Group (PMEAG)

To find out more about the roles and to apply, visit 🔗 https://t.co/tQp3ZThWVi

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🚨 We have secured convictions following a long running investigation led by our Devices Compliance Unit into the illegal supply of medical devices used in hospitals across the UK.

To read the full story, visit 🔗 https://t.co/EYiZJhgl5f

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⏰ One month left to respond to our consultation on the proposed Rare Disease Therapies Regulatory Framework.

Help shape the future of rare disease therapies in the UK.

Consultation closes 30 July 2026.

Read more and respond here: https://t.co/z2wZ2hJ2r6

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Using the Yellow Card scheme is now easier.

You can now create a new account or access an existing Yellow Card account using NHS login, providing a secure and convenient way to sign in using credentials you already use across NHS services.

🔗 https://t.co/3aWc8GPetn

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🛎️ We are looking to appoint an Advertising and Consumer Sector specialist to the Review Panel.

To find out more about this role and to apply, visit 🔗 https://t.co/8ocoE0gdZC