National Medical Devices Committee - Summary on Minutes: September 2026

Attendees and apologies

• Peter Moore (Co-Chair), Board Chief Executive, NHS Borders
• Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Specialty Advisor for Clinical Physics, Scottish Government
• Head of Diagnostics and General Medical Devices, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
• Kirsty Brightwell, Medical Director, NHS Shetland
• Malcolm Phillips, Healthcare Science Lead, NHS Lothian
• Neil Smart, Chair of Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG), Health Improvement Scotland (HIS)
• Lynsay Gracie, Head of Decontamination and chair of the national Reusable Medical Devices Decontamination Expert Group (RMD-DEG), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Steven Friel, Chair of the national Incident Safety Officers (Boards and Local Authorities), NHS Golden Jubilee Hospital
• Claire Fernie, Public Partner, Health Improvement Scotland (HIS)
• Kenny Rees, National Procurement, Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSDS)
• Ewan Bell, Chair of Board Medical Device Committee, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• Sharon Hilton-Christie, Senior Responsible Officer, (SRO) Scan for Safety Programme
• Paul Westwood, Consultant Clinical Scientist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Sulisti Holmes, Head of Incident Reporting Investigation Centre (IRIC)
• Stephen Roberts, Head of Medical Physics, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• Bryan Hynd, Chair of Board Medical Devices Committee, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lanarkshire
• Head of Digital Health and Care, Scottish Government
• Policy Official, Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
• Head of Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government
• Emily Hargreaves (deputising for Marc Turner) Director, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS)
• Janette Keenan, Nurse Director, NHS Fife
• Medical Devices Policy Officials, Devolved Governments
• Simon White, Director, Scan for Safety Programme
• Medical Devices and Legislation Unit (MDLU), Scottish Government

Apologies

• Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer (Co-Chair), Scottish Government
• Head of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Policy Division, Scottish Government
• John Gebbie, Director of Finance, NHS 24
• Amanda Wong, Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Director, NHS Fife
• Vanessa Sandison, Chair of NHS Board Medical Devices Committee, NHS Grampian

Items and actions

Scan for Safety Programme

The NHS Scotland Scan for Safety Programme provides traceability for implantable medical devices; improving patient safety and knowledge of device outcomes and enabling NHS Boards to fulfil GB medical device regulatory  requirements. Implementation within NHS Boards continues with national implementation currently at approximately 40% coverage. The Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSDS) led Programme ends in March 2027 and will move into a Target Operating Model (TOM) in April 2027. The PSDS Implementation Team are working at pace to ensure all NHS Boards have implemented in at least one high volume specialty and it is important that NHS Boards ensure that they remain committed to their implementation dates. It was noted that NHS Borders is the first Board in Scotland to have now fully implemented 100% traceability of implants in all specialties. NHS Boards are reminded that they are required to have local implementation plans to achieve 100% compliance.

Medical Device Incident Reporting to the national Incident Reporting and Investigation Centre

The pilot of the Once for Scotland Medical Device Incident Reporting to the national Incident Reporting and Investigation Centre (IRIC), PSDS is progressing with data now beginning to be provided to IRIC from pilot Boards. The aim of the pilot is to remove duplication of medical device safety reporting by using local safety reporting to automatically generate reports to IRIC. This will release clinical time and improve medical device safety signals in Scotland. 

UK Medical Devices Safety Dashboard

The MHRA are progressing with the first public facing UK Medical Devices Safety Dashboard, expected to be available by the end of 2026. This is key step forward in improving transparency in medical device safety data for NHS Boards and patients.