Recommendation IBI-10a(v): Yellow Card System Prominence
From Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report, published 20 May 2024.
Recommendation
Steps be taken to give greater prominence to the online Yellow Card system to those receiving drugs or biological products, or who are being transfused with blood components.
In brief (written by this site)
In May 2025, the UK Government accepted the recommendation, stating that the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency had begun regional awareness workshops and that Yellow Card platform changes were undergoing user acceptance testing for delivery by September 2025 (Cabinet Office response, May 2025). It noted in May 2025 that a scoping meeting for final delivery of the changes was to be arranged alongside further promotional activities (Cabinet Office response, May 2025). The record holds no update since the UK Government's response of May 2025 (Cabinet Office response, May 2025).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
About this summary
This recommendation applies across many organisations. The record reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.
Government response
The online Yellow Card system is UK wide and therefore this recommendation has been addressed on a UK wide basis. The Yellow Card system has provided vital feedback, but we agree with the inquiry that this deserves greater publicity.
The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in collaboration with Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) have put plans in place and agreed a high-level curriculum to deliver blood training and awareness workshops.
The first workshops were delivered to the Welsh and South West region in January 2025, with a second workshop arranged to be delivered in Scotland in May.
User stories for the Yellow Card platform changes have been approved and are undergoing user acceptance testing for delivery by September 2025. A scoping meeting for final delivery of the changes is to be arranged.
Further promotional activities are planned via updates to the online Yellow Card platform, bulletins and the upcoming 60th Anniversary of the platform. The Yellow card 60th anniversary events publicised the MHRA yellow card function. Further opportunities will be made from MHRA events and conference invites where MHRA speak to raise awareness and further education about the Yellow Card scheme in relation to blood, working with patient organisations, other healthcare partners and Royal Colleges.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from UK Government has been found in the sources searched (last checked 11 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response