Central Alerting System

Central Alerting System

An electronic clinical alerting system developed by the UK Department of Health, which brings together the Chief Medical Officer (CMO)’s Public Health Link (PHL) and the Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS), enabling alerts and urgent patient safety specific guidance to be accessed at any time.
The Central Alerting System provides safety alerts, emergency alerts, drug alerts, Dear Doctor letters and Medical Device Alerts issued on behalf of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the National Patient Safety Agency, and the Department of Health.