Question reference: S5W-36039
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Health and Social Care Alliance plans to report on the patient engagement work that it has recently undertaken on services for women with mesh complications.
Answer
The Health and Social Care Alliance (‘the Alliance’) has today published their report “My Path, My Health, My Life”. It is available on the Alliance’s website at: My Path, My Health, My Life – Learning from the experiences of women to plan future mesh services - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (alliance-scotland.org.uk)
This builds on earlier patient engagement carried out by the Alliance in 2019, published in their “My Life, My Experience” report.
The Scottish Government is extremely grateful to all women who shared their experience with the Alliance. We will now consider the recommendations made by the Alliance, alongside our colleagues in NHS Scotland. The views presented by women will directly influence the design and operation of the National Complex Pelvic Mesh Removal Service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and this will be documented in the Service Level Agreement for the Service.
Whilst we consider the recommendations, the Alliance has already agreed to begin work to establish a Stakeholder Participation Group. This Group will gather views on the specialist service as well as services provided more widely across the NHS. These views will be considered in conjunction with the results from patient satisfaction surveys, as well as other relevant outcome data, and will be reflected in our services here in Scotland.