Question reference: S5W-07731
- 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 whether the report of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants will publish all of the evidence and findings regarding patient choice in a manner that will be understandable to non-experts.
Answer
I understand that attempts have been made to make the Review’s final report as accessible as possible. However, as with any report of this kind, it will contain necessarily detailed, in-depth analysis of medical evidence that is, by its very nature, complex. An Expert Group is tasked with taking forward the recommendations of the Review. In response to previous recommendations it produced a patient-centred information and consent leaflet, and it will be expected to continue to take a patient-friendly approach in relation to the Review’s final recommendations.