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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) Chief Medical Officer approved the issuing of the letter by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer dated 16 July 2014 to all medical directors encouraging them to get women to sign up to a clinical trial investigating the best type of synthetic mid-urethral slings for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
To ask the Scottish Government how many pending litigations there are in Scotland in relation to defective mesh implants and against whom.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received regarding any conflicts of interest in relation to the EC Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks working group on the safety of surgical meshes used in urogynecological surgery.
To ask the Scottish Government from what manufacturers NHS boards have purchased mesh devices and what information it has on whether any manufacturers found liable of providing defective devices in US courts have supplied mesh devices to NHS boards in Scotland.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review into mesh devices will publish all minutes and notes of its activity.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency regarding the independent review of mesh products initiated by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and the European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks working group looking at the safety of surgical meshes used in urogynecological surgery.
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.
To ask the Scottish Government where the centres of excellence for the removal of defective mesh products are in Scotland; how many doctors are trained and able to remove such products, and what type of procedure is most commonly used to do so.