Yellow Card Scheme

Use the Yellow Card app to report suspected safety concerns involving healthcare products, including a side effect with a medicine or an adverse medical device incident.

The Yellow Card scheme is the UK system run by the MHRA* for collecting and monitoring information on suspected adverse reactions to all medicines including vaccines, blood factors and immunoglobulins, herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies, and all medical devices available on the UK market.

The Yellow Card app allows users to:

Report safety concerns about:

> Suspected side effects to a medicine or vaccine (including herbal products and homeopathic remedies)

> Adverse incidents involving a medical device (including software, apps and artificial intelligence)

> Suspected defective medicines (a product that is not working properly or not to the manufacturer’s specifications)

> Fake and/or unauthorised medicines

> Blood products

Create an account:

> View previously submitted reports

> Update your reports

> Create a watchlist for alerts to products of interest

> Track new safety information published by the MHRA

> View numbers of reports received by the MHRA

All reports received through the app or website can help the MHRA identify potential new concerns about a medicine, vaccine or medical device and act as an early warning for further investigation. The MHRA will review the product if necessary, and take action to minimise risk and maximise benefit to the patients.

*The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive Agency of the Department of Health and Social Care; the MHRA protects and promotes public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment are used safely and meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness.