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| Statins alert over computer glitch | |
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| Thousands of NHS patients in England may have been given or denied statins due to a computer glitch. | Thousands of NHS patients in England may have been given or denied statins due to a computer glitch. |
| About a third of GP surgeries are being told to contact patients who may have been incorrectly prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drugs. | |
| The alert follows the discovery of a problem with a tool used to assess a patient's risk of heart disease. | |
| Doctors have been told to recall "a limited number of patients potentially affected". | |
| The medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has launched an investigation. | |
| "We are working closely with the company responsible for the software to establish the problem and address any issues identified," said a spokesperson. | "We are working closely with the company responsible for the software to establish the problem and address any issues identified," said a spokesperson. |
| "Clinical advice is that the risk to patients is low and only a limited number of patients are potentially affected. | "Clinical advice is that the risk to patients is low and only a limited number of patients are potentially affected. |
| "GPs have been informed and they will contact individual patients should any further action be necessary." | "GPs have been informed and they will contact individual patients should any further action be necessary." |
| Heart risk | |
| The computer tool is used to help GPs assess the potential risk of cardiovascular disease in patients. | |
| GPs type in details including the patient's age, body mass index, whether they smoke and other health conditions, and the system calculates a percentage score stating their risk of having a heart attack in a decade. | |
| About 2,500 surgeries in England are believed to be affected by the software problem. |