Yellow Card Scheme
Use the Yellow Card Scheme app to report a suspected side effect with a medicine
Total ratings
4.00
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Detailed questions for reporting side effects
- Ability to submit reports
- Involves the public in side effect reporting
Cons
- Difficult and unfriendly user interface
- Issues with account creation and registration
- Problems entering date of birth
- Frequent app freezing and stability issues
- Reports submitted via app not visible on web
Most mentioned
- User interface is clunky and not user-friendly
- Challenges with date of birth entry
- Problems creating and managing accounts
- Issues with report submission and visibility
- Overall frustration with app functionality
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1.40
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 |  | | I can't add the side effects without having to go through so much inconsequential information |
| 2023-04-19 |  | | Not bad reported a side effect to medication fairly easy. The app could be a little more user friendly but if it works don't try to fix it as they say . |
| 2022-12-29 |  | | Like many of the other reviews on here, this is a terrible App, constant freezing and terrible interface. I'm beginning to wonder if this app has been deliberately made unstable to put folk off reporting and keeping the reaction numbers down. |
| 2022-08-18 |  | | Can't even sign up. When entering phone number just gives an error saying *FORM VALIDATION_PHONE_E_164 like I'm supposed to know what that means. Massively disappointing considering the app should be quite important in a medical emergency. Shocking service. |
| 2022-08-12 |  | | Not user friendly, so people won't submit reports of side effects, so the database can't be reliable. But the "Continue as guest" button does nothing, doesn't even "blink" to acknowledge a tap. (I'm on a new phone and have lost lost my password.) I only wanted a quick look at one medication but I'll have to find my way to the website... when I get round to it. Unlikely! Tragic; this could, should, be as invaluable to the NHS (and save professionals' time answering questions!) as to individuals. |
| 2022-04-08 |  | | Couldn't register properly. I didn't trust it, no app of any note is that difficult to share your side effects as requested. Quicker & more reliable to ring the clinic. Will be reporting my findings. Uninstalled immediately. |
| 2022-03-18 |  | | Thanks everyone for the negative reviews on here. I went to the MHRA website where it was RELATIVELY easy to complete the form. I did this on my phone, so I don't understand why MHRA can't just use an app that is little more than a bookmark and allow users to fill in the form online. The calendar issue was not too bad on the web. There were a few issues, like I could not report nausea without selecting what kind of nausea from a list of medical terms I was unfamiliar with. |
| 2022-03-03 |  | | Not for Individuals - very bizarre! When you try to use this app to report medicine side-effects, the very first COMPULSORY question is about who you are. It provides a drop-down list of options. ALL are medical professionals! There is no option for patient/individual ie the poor sod having problems with the med. This is a BIG change for Yellow Card - and not a good one. I know from past experience that a lot of GPs can't be bothered doing it, so to exclude patient reports is madness! |
| 2021-06-25 |  | | A waste of time. Does not record account details Spent a long time entering personal data then it doesnt remember me. I entered 4 drugs on watchlist but it even lost them. Now my personal data is out there under no control. Shocking standard of software. |
| 2021-05-07 |  | | For such an important app you might think it was well designed and easy to use. Think again. I've been trying to complete a report about my first Covid jab for a couple of hours and have now simply given up. A few examples. The app wants dob but you have to spend ages scrolling back through years to do this. In addition when I got to the section about how bad the side effects were the menu had already ticked the field that I had died & would not let me amend it!! |
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