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Commons Select Committee: transcript available
A transcript is available of the UK House of Commons' Select Committee on Science and Technology session on medical device regulation, at which Tom Joyce gave evidence.
The session took place at the Palace of Westminster on 23 May and included included Dr Carl Heneghan, GP and Reader in Evidence-Based Medicine, Director of the Centre of Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford; Professor Stephen Westaby, Surgeon, John Radcliffe Hospital; and Dr Suzette Woodward, Director of Patient Safety, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).
The Committee covered a wide range of subjects around current regulation and repeatedly returned to recent problems with metal on metal hips as an example of issues within the regulatory and legislative systems.
Commons Select Committees are designed to deal with the day to day detail of parliamentary business and make recommendations to the UK govenment.
You can read the transcript here.
Last modified: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:56:19 BST