Question reference: S5W-07746
- 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 adverse incidents there have been involving the use of medical mesh devices to treat hernias.
Answer
NHS National Services Scotland confirms that a total of six incidents involving abdominal hernia repair mesh have been reported since 1994.