Computer error may have led to incorrect prescribing of statins to thousands of patients

Thousands of patients in England may have been incorrectly prescribed or taken off statins because of a major IT glitch. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an investigation after a fault was discovered with the digital QRISK2 calculator in SystmOne, run by TPP, which assesses cardiovascular risk. The MHRA said that a third of GP surgeries in England may have been affected and has told the affected practices to contact patients who …