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Admin (Retired)
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- Type 1
Thousands of patients in England may have been wrongly given or denied statins due to a computer glitch.
A third of GP surgeries have been told to contact people who may have been given an inaccurate assessment of their future risk of heart disease.
The alert follows the discovery of a problem with a digital calculator for assessing heart risk and the need to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs.
The medicines regulator said the clinical risk to patients was low.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an investigation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36274791
A third of GP surgeries have been told to contact people who may have been given an inaccurate assessment of their future risk of heart disease.
The alert follows the discovery of a problem with a digital calculator for assessing heart risk and the need to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs.
The medicines regulator said the clinical risk to patients was low.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an investigation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36274791