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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S5W-07727

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow (a) transobturator mesh tape and (b) prolapse mesh procedures to be used after the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants reports.

Question reference: S5W-07728

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow mesh procedures (a) that have no proven benefit and (b) where the risks are believed to outweigh the benefits to be carried out after the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants reports.

Question reference: S5W-07733

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what impact it considers the resignation of two medical mesh-injured members of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants has had on the balance of the group.

Question reference: S5W-07754

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates it has met the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since the interim report from the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants was published in October 2015.

Scottish Government staff have participated in formal Cross-UK forum meetings with the MHRA, regarding pharmacy and medical device issues, in January 2016, April 2016, July 2016, October 2016 and January 2017. A meeting also took place between Scottish Government officials, Health Facilities Scotland and MHRA in February 2017.

Other ad-hoc meetings involving a range of Scottish Government staff have taken place as required.

Question reference: S5W-07729

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what alternative non-mesh procedures are available to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

Question reference: S5W-07751

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the average cost of (a) mesh and (b) non-mesh treatments for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

Question reference: S5W-07735

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its interim report being published in October 2015, for what reason the report of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants has yet to publish.

Question reference: S5W-07737

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

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.

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.

Question reference: S5W-07732

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants has conducted itself in an impartial manner, and what its reasons are for its position on this.

Ministers and government officials have taken great care to allow the Review to take an independent view on the matter, and the members’ range of experiences and expertise was intended to ensure that a comprehensive examination of the situation was possible. This is a complex, technical area and the Scottish Government has given the Review wide latitude to prepare the report without interference from Government.

Question reference: S5W-07755

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Medicines and Health Care products Regulatory Agency expressed an opinion on the Interim report of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh implants, which was published in October 2015.