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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.We are the regulator of medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.We put patients first in everything we do, right across the lifecycle of the products we regulate. We rigorously use science and data to inform our decisions, enable medical innovation and to make sure that medicines and healthcare products available in the UK are safe and effective.
Our responsibilities are to:
What and how we regulate:
We operate in a statutory framework set by HM Government, working within government and the wider health system to direct overall policy in our regulatory field.These policies establish our role in securing public health improvements and gives us the powers to deliver against our corporate responsibilities.
We constantly strive for improvement in our field, and when we identify changes that will improve people’s access to safe, quality healthcare products, our recommendations are agreed by the Secretary of State.
All of our staff receive the following benefits:
Work-life balance:
We realise the importance of a life outside work and promote a healthy work-life balance for all our staff.
In addition, we understand that many of our staff have young children or other dependents and we endeavor to provide flexible working in line with our policies wherever possible, while ensuring that the needs of the business are met.
In order to provide a flexible way of working for staff, some departments in MHRA operate a flexi-time policy. Core hours vary across departments depending on the requirements of the business.Learning and Development:
We are committed to providing learning and development for our staff. As part of this commitment, we provide access to a curriculum of courses that are available in-house or via the Civil Service Learning portal. In addition, staff are able to (with manager’s approval) take up external courses such as Degrees, Diplomas, or MSc courses.To ensure staff are fully inducted into the Agency and are able to perform effectively in their role, there is a three-stage Induction programme with an overview of all teams and departments built in, as well as a chance to network with the Executive Team.Our commitment is also evident in the Continued Professional Development programmes we facilitate each month to continuously boost skills and knowledge, and further develop talent in the Agency.Team building:
We are committed to improving internal working relationships and communication through all-staff meetings, briefings at divisional meetings and the use of our staff intranet. In addition to this, our open-plan offices encourage communication and interaction between staff.
There are opportunities to join the Staff network and have a say in how matters that affect staff are developed and dealt with.Team development days/away days provide a good way for teams to bond whilst working out strategically how the team will meet its objectives. This is a way to celebrate success, spend some time together and support each other with further development.
Our People Strategy, “Enabling people to flourish” sits alongside the agency’s Corporate Plan for 2023-2026. Our people are central to everything the agency does and our commitment to keep patients safe and enable access to high quality, safe and effective medical products in the UK can only be realised by investing in all of you. This People Strategy sets out how this will be achieved.
Our five core priorities are:
We are governed by a unitary board of directors with an equal number of executive and non-executive directors, and a non-executive chairperson, supported by three board assurance committees.
The board is responsible for advising on the strategic direction of the agency, ensuring that targets set out in the business plan and agreed with ministers, are met.
The board is not involved in any regulatory decisions affecting medicines or medical devices. These are the responsibility of the chief executive and executive committee (senior leadership team). However, the board members must make declarations of interests to ensure their independence.
Our independent advisory bodies:
Our corporate documents:
