Regulation of medical implants

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 13 April 2012 to 19 December 2012. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 5th Report - Regulation of medical implants in the EU and UK (Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence) (1 November 2012)
• 5th Report - Regulation of medical implants in the EU and UK - Volume II (Volume II: additional written evidence) (1 November 2012)
• Regulation of medical implants in the EU and UK - Government Response (19 December 2012)

Evidence sessions

• 23 May 2012: Dr Carl Heneghan, GP and Reader in Evidence-Based Medicine, Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford, Dr Thomas Joyce, Reader in Biotribology, University of Newcastle, Professor Stephen Westaby, Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital, and Dr Suzette Woodward, Director of Patient Safety, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) 23 May 2012
• 13 June 2012: John Howlett, Head of Notified Body, British Standards Institute (Healthcare) (BSi), Peter Ellingworth, Chief Executive, Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI), and Mike Kreuzer, Technical and Regulatory Executive Director, Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI); Jacqueline Minor, Director of Consumer Affairs, Directorate-General for Health & Consumers, European Commission; Sir Kent Woods, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Lord Howe, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality, Department of Health