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MHRA updates contact address on good machine learning practice guidance
The recorded update to the MHRA’s good machine learning practice publication changes its contact email address, without describing technical revisions.
What Changed
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has updated the contact information on its publication page for good machine learning practice (GMLP) in medical device development. The entry dated 5 October 2026 records a change from software@mhra.gov.uk to info@mhra.gov.uk.
The update entry concerns the email address; it does not describe revisions to the technical principles.
Who Is Affected
The publication is relevant to teams developing medical devices that use artificial intelligence and machine learning. The contact update is particularly relevant to users who retain the previous MHRA email address in records associated with this guidance.
Regulatory and Technical Implications
The guidance presents 10 principles that can inform the development of good machine learning practice. Identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada and the MHRA, they aim to help promote safe, effective and high-quality AI/ML medical devices.
The supplied page text does not reproduce the individual principles. The contact update therefore provides no basis for inferring new technical requirements or compliance obligations.
Manufacturer Actions
Manufacturers and regulatory affairs teams can update internal contact records associated with the guidance if those records still contain the previous address. This is a practical record-maintenance step, not a mandatory compliance action announced by the source.
Confirmed Dates
The publication was first issued on 27 October 2021. The page’s last-updated date and the recorded email change are both 5 October 2026. No new implementation date or compliance deadline is announced in the supplied text.
Official Source
The MHRA’s GOV.UK publication page, “Good machine learning practice for medical device development”, lists the HTML guidance and its update history.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-machine-learning-practice-for-medical-device-development-guiding-principles
Source and related services
Guidance: Good machine learning practice for medical device development ↗Source date: 05/10/2026
This news provides general information and does not replace device-specific legal or conformity assessment advice.