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MHRA Medical Device Alerts
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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- NHS Regional Offices
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Social Care Providers (registered with CAS)
- Special Health Authorities
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Implantable cardiac pacemakers: specific brands of dual chamber pacemakers - risk of syncope due to pause in pacing therapy
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Manufactured by Medtronic Inc – a subset of dual chamber pacemakers may experience a loss of pacing therapy when programmed to a dual chamber mode with atrial-sensing.
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NHS England regional teams, please cascade this alert to
• General practitioners
• General practice managers
• General practice nurses
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| Action underway deadline: |
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20-Feb-2019
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| Action complete deadline: |
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13-May-2019
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