Who Are the MHRA?

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Health. We enhance and safeguard the health of the public by ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. You can report faults with medical devices to our Adverse Incident Centre where they will be investigated and if appropriate a Medical Device Alert will be issued to all NHS Trusts. Contact details are on our contacts page.

MHRA and MDDL-Why?

A core function of the MHRA is the education of healthcare professionals in the safer use of medical devices. Feedback from device users, device liaison officers, NHS Trusts and the Committee on Safety of Devices strongly suggests that there is a need for a system to allow device users to record successful completion of device related learning activities. In response to this we have developed a simple system for delivering device related assessments and recording successful completion.

MDDL is a tailor-made training course that assists your daily routine, and has practical implications in the workplace. It will also provide a certificate of proof of competence that you understand the generic device that you have chosen to undertake the training and assessment for. It is not however proof of competence on all devices in this category and you may well need additional training on the medical devices in your specific Trust.

MDDL Privacy

The MDDL has been developed by the Devices Clinical team at the MHRA as a repository for certified training and to help keep all of your medical device e-training information in one safe place. It is not intended to be used by your employer to search or have access to your information. Your training information is secure and only you have access to it.

If you have any question please use the contact form.