Campaign material
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is committed to improving patient safety and strategically runs regular specific public health campaigns to raise awareness of patient safety in healthcare products and the importance of reporting to the Yellow Card scheme.
In addition to the general resources, we have specific materials for set dates in year that support annual patient safety awareness raising campaigns. This means that at certain times of the year or based on a particular product or subject there are specific resources you can use to promote the event or product.
Anyone can report. Every report counts.
Annual awareness raising days
World Patient Safety Day - 17 September
Held on 17 September it is one of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) global health days. The MHRA supports this day through various communications and partners can use our general Yellow Card scheme resources to support their communications.
#MedSafetyWeek - 3-9 November 2025
This global annual campaign brings together national medicines regulators and pharmacovigilance centres to raise awareness of adverse drug reactions and the reporting methods. Usually held in November, each year there is a different focus or theme to encourage the reporting of suspected side effects to medicines.
New tailored resources are produced annually to support the campaign and are made available to download from this page.
Learn more about the #MedSafetyWeek campaign on the dedicated page.
Medical products #FakeMeds campaign
The #FakeMeds campaign aims to provide quick and easy tools to help the public spot and avoid fake medical products when shopping online. With the increased health risk of fake healthcare products on the market today we can all play our part in sharing how to be safer when buying online.
The campaign also provides essential advice on reporting suspected fake products through the Yellow Card scheme. There are downloadable resources you can use to spread the word.
Learn more about the campaign on the dedicated #FakeMeds microsite.
