Question reference: S5W-07726
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 6 March 2017
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) transobturator mesh tape and (b) prolapse mesh procedures have been carried out by each NHS board in each month since June 2014.
Answer
The number of transobturator mesh tape and prolapse mesh procedures carried out by the NHS between June 2014 to Sep 2016 are set out in the following tables. The numbers of procedures carried out by each Health Board are not broken down by month due to the small numbers of patients involved.
|
|
|
|
June 2014 |
26 |
0 |
6 |
|
July 2014 |
20 |
* |
* |
|
August 2014 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
|
September 2014 |
9 |
0 |
13 |
|
October 2014 |
10 |
* |
14 |
|
November 2014 |
* |
* |
9 |
|
December 2014 |
* |
* |
9 |
|
January 2015 |
5 |
* |
7 |
|
February 2015 |
6 |
* |
9 |
|
March 2015 |
9 |
6 |
10 |
|
April 2015 |
5 |
* |
9 |
|
May 2015 |
* |
* |
9 |
|
June 2015 |
8 |
0 |
11 |
|
July 2015 |
0 |
* |
* |
|
August 2015 |
* |
0 |
15 |
|
September 2015 |
* |
* |
7 |
|
October 2015 |
0 |
* |
17 |
|
November 2015 |
* |
0 |
16 |
|
December 2015 |
* |
0 |
11 |
|
January 2016 |
* |
* |
12 |
|
February 2016 |
* |
* |
15 |
|
March 2016 |
* |
* |
14 |
|
April 2016 |
* |
* |
20 |
|
May 2016 |
* |
* |
19 |
|
June 2016 |
* |
* |
15 |
|
July 2016 |
* |
0 |
11 |
|
August 2016 |
* |
* |
12 |
|
September 2016 |
* |
* |
16 |
|
Total |
148 |
38 |
327 |
|
|
Health Board Totals - June 2014 to September 2016 |
|
|
Total Transobturator Tape |
Total Transvaginal Mesh Procedures for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) |
Total Transabdominal Mesh Procedures for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) |
|
Golden Jubilee National Hospital |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NHS Ayrshire and Arran |
* |
12 |
* |
|
NHS Borders |
28 |
* |
* |
|
NHS Dumfries and Galloway |
63 |
* |
0 |
|
NHS Fife |
12 |
5 |
31 |
|
NHS Forth Valley |
0 |
* |
13 |
|
NHS Grampian |
5 |
* |
37 |
|
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
35 |
0 |
116 |
|
NHS Highland |
0 |
0 |
* |
|
NHS Lanarkshire |
0 |
6 |
17 |
|
NHS Lothian |
* |
* |
23 |
|
NHS Orkney |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NHS Shetland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NHS Tayside |
* |
7 |
70 |
|
NHS Western Isles |
0 |
0 |
* |
|
Non-NHS Provider |
0 |
* |
7 |
Note: where a figure is not given, this is to protect patient confidentiality due to the small numbers involved.
Source: NHS National Services Scotland.