Yellow Card data

Suspected adverse drug reactions listings – Drug Analysis Prints (DAPs)
Complete listings of suspected adverse drug reactions received by the MHRA reported by healthcare professionals and patients are available online. Please see link at the left of this page.

Information on adverse drug reactions
Staff at the MHRA are happy to provide information on the drug safety of any licensed medicine.  Requests for information or any query about the Scheme or drug regulation relating to such medicines should be addressed to:

Telephone: 
The National Yellow Card Information Service 0800 731 6789
(Manned during office hours only (09:00 - 17:00), information cannot be taken at other times).

Write to:
The Pharmacovigilance Group
Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division
MHRA
Market Towers
1 Nine Elms Lane
London
SW8 5NQ

E-mail:  
pharmacovigilance@mhra.gsi.gov.uk

or write to one of the Committee on Safety of Medicine's (CSM) Regional Monitoring Centres (please see details in the 'Related links (other sites)' at the right of this page.

Using Yellow Card data for research
You can apply to use Yellow Card data for research purposes.  If the data you request would not normally be released under the Freedom of Information Act, your application will be considered by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee for MHRA database research (ISAC). The committee must be satisfied that your proposal is of potential scientific value and/or have significant public health implications. The ISAC may also advise that you seek separate ethical approval from a NHS Rsearch Ethics Committee.  More information on the application process is contained in the guidance notes that accompany the application form below or by contacting isacyellowcarddata@mhra.gsi.gov.uk.

› Download application form for accessing Yellow Card data (194Kb)

The following IT security guidelines will assist you to complete Section H of the application form
› Guidelines for safe disposal of electronic Yellow Card data for external users (38Kb)

National Research Register
The National Research Register (NRR) is a register of ongoing and recently completed projects funded by, or of interest to, the UK National Health Service.

ISAC strongly recommends that UK researchers using GPRD and Yellow Card data consider registering as NRR data providers, in order that others engaged in research within the UK can be made aware of current works.

Registration with the NRR is entirely voluntary and will not replace information on ISAC approved protocols published in summary minutes or in the ISAC Annual Report.