Question reference: S5W-07737
- 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 meeting of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants sub-group there (a) were before and (b) have been since October 2015, also broken down by location, and whether the minutes have been or will be circulated to the the review group's members.
Answer
The Chair of the Independent Review has confirmed that the clinician members of the review met twice; firstly in October 2016 (Edinburgh), and subsequently in January 2017 (Glasgow). In addition, the clinician members held a teleconference in January 2017. The nature of these meetings was to agree the content of the chapter of the final report for which the clinicians were responsible, and separate minutes were not therefore taken.
The Chair of the Review also held teleconferences with both the Scottish Mesh Survivors members and with the other patient representative in January 2017. These were informal discussions and were not minuted.