{"id":195,"date":"2011-05-18T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/?p=195"},"modified":"2011-05-18T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T14:38:53","slug":"medical-device-recalls-paper-prompts-concern-in-parliament-and-further-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/2011\/05\/18\/medical-device-recalls-paper-prompts-concern-in-parliament-and-further-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical device recalls paper prompts concern in parliament and further coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BMJ Open and BMJ articles (see previous post) and the Channel 4 Dispatches episode on the regulation and recall of medical devices has been covered in various newspapers and even prompted a question in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>MPs Paul Flynn and Peter Bottomley tabled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/edm\/2010-11\/1819\" target=\"_blank\">Early Day Motion 1819<\/a> noting the findings of the research and calling for &#8216;a review that will ensure that UK patients have guarantees on the safety  and efficacy of devices equivalent to that of patients in the US&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Financial Times brought together <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/71730f00-7fd2-11e0-b018-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MiHvMxOn\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> the BMJ content with <a href=\"http:\/\/eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/early\/2011\/05\/13\/eurheartj.ehr171.abstract?sid=dfddcd61-36a6-4cc0-a265-b6199c430018\" target=\"_blank\">this paper<\/a> in the European Heart Journal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthnews\/8515099\/Faulty-medical-implants-leave-NHS-with-costly-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/posts\/view\/246727\/Why-a-new-hip-may-be-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\">The Express<\/a> covered the story, as did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1387459\/How-faulty-implants-thousands-patients-lives-risk.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Mail<\/a>, which also included a slightly sinister-looking diagram; The Guardian published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/2011\/may\/16\/medical-devices-lack-clinical-data\" target=\"_blank\">this blog<\/a> from one of the authors, Dr Carl Heneghan.<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMJ Open and BMJ articles (see previous post) and the Channel 4 Dispatches episode on the regulation and recall of medical devices has been covered in various newspapers and even prompted a question in Parliament. 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