Overview
Some people have paid private healthcare costs to have their transvaginal mesh implant removed.
This Bill would allow the Government to set up a scheme which could pay back those costs to people. This could include travel costs and hotel accommodation paid for in relation to the surgery.
The scheme could also cover other details, such as:
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill as introduced (258KB, pdf) posted 23 June 2021
The Bill was passed on 25 January 2022 and became an Act on 03 March 2022
MSPs can propose changes (“amendments”) to the Bill. The amendments are considered and decided on by a committee.
The Bill ended Stage 2 on 14 December 2021
Committee correspondence sent and received while the Bill progressed through Parliament
Documents with the amendments considered at the meeting on 14 December 2021
Marshalled List of Amendments for Stage 2 (77KB, pdf) posted 09 December 2021
Groupings of Amendments for Stage 2 (129KB, pdf) posted 09 December 2021
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill as Amended at Stage 2 (260KB, pdf) posted 14 December 2021
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill revised explanatory notes (108KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2022
Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill revised explanatory notes (print version) (142KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2022
Explanation of the Bill