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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4F-02444

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014

To ask the First Minister what response the Scottish Government has received to its representations to the UK Government regarding the implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for health services in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-03771

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage people to attend further education courses.

Question reference: S4W-22798

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been referred to the Edinburgh transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) centre since October 2012; how many were approved to receive TAVI; how many reverted to conventional surgery, and how many reverted to no procedure and palliative care.

The information requested is provided in the following table:

Table 1: People referred to the national TAVI service since October 2012

Total referrals for consideration of TAVI	317
Those who need assessed	22
Those who need tests	26
Those who have had TAVI	127
Those suitable for TAVI	12
Those suitable for conventional surgery	45
Those not suitable for TAVI	85

Source: National TAVI service, October 2014

Question reference: S4W-22842

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 4 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the salary has been of each (a) university and (b) college principal or chief executive officer in each of the last five years, and what the annual change in salary has been expressed as a percentage.

Question reference: S4W-22723

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a register of interests for all members of the independent review group considering the safety of mesh devices.

Question reference: S4W-22692

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many pending litigations there are in Scotland in relation to defective mesh implants and against whom.

Question reference: S4W-22681

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what clinical trials and studies into synthetic mesh products are being conducted in Scotland; how many have taken place since 1998, and how much each (a) NHS board and (b) doctor was paid for participating.

Question reference: S4W-22686

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering new coding procedures for the recording of mesh-related adverse incidents and, if so, what procedures.

The independent review has invited a consultant in public health from NHS Information Services Division to support the group when considering coding of procedures.

The UK working group, chaired by Professor Keith Willett, on surgery using vaginal mesh is considering how data collection can be improved. This will include coding of mesh procedures.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer is representing the Scottish Government on this group.

Additionally, NHS National Services Scotland is reviewing the national adverse incident reporting system in light of the under-reporting of pelvic floor mesh incidents. This has already resulted in the introduction of a new code specifically for recording and monitoring mesh-related adverse incidents.

Question reference: S4W-22685

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review into mesh devices will publish all minutes and notes of its activity.

Question reference: S4W-22688

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has informed the European Commission (EC) of its advice to NHS boards regarding suspending the use of mesh devices pending the results of the independent review and whether it has contacted the EC Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks working group looking at the safety of surgical meshes used in urogynecological surgery in relation to this matter.