The 'yellow card' scheme for reporting adverse reactions to drugs to the Medicines Control Agency has been extended to community pharmacists. Junior health minister Lord Hunt said pilot projects had shown that reports submitted by community pharmacists were as good as those submitted by GPs and the extension would strengthen safety monitoring.
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