We have provided links below to the terms and conditions of use of this website, together with information on your rights as a consumer. You can also find information relating to the Data Protection Act in the privacy policy. Please note that any external links do not imply any approval from the organisation or authority to which we refer.

MHRA

The Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory Agency (MHRA) was previously the Medical Control Agency (MCA) and Medical Devices Agency (MDA) until the merger in April 2003.

It is the Executive Agency of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom, protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness, and are used safely.

GMC

The General Medical Council have strong and effective legal powers designed to maintain the standards the UK public have a right to expect of doctors. They are not there to protect the medical profession - whose interests are protected by others. The job of the GMC is to protect patients.

Data Protection

In the UK the Commission has a range of duties including the promotion of good information handling and the encouragement of codes of practice for data controllers, that is, anyone who decides how and why personal data, (information about identifiable, living individuals) are processed.