MEDICAL DEVICES

That this House thanks Channel Four Dispatches and the British Medical Journal for revealing that defective UK regulations in the use of medical devices are exposing patients to suffering serious injury or worse; is concerned to learn that Suzanne Ludgate of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency says she was appalled at how many devices are brought to market with a lack of appropriate clinical data; notes that recalls of devices are rising but manufacturers are not willing to publish information on device failures; and calls for 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.