- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 18 February 2019
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Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2019
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Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2019
Question to be taken in chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 January 2019
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Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
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Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the offer that was made by Dr Dionysios Veronikis, who is a St Louis-based specialist in carrying out mesh removal procedure, which was published in The Sunday Post on 13 January 2019, to treat mesh-injured women in Scotland and assist with training physicians in performing full mesh removal surgery; whether it has been in contact with Dr Veronikis regarding this, and what estimate it has made of how much this would cost.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-21040 on 24 January 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 January 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2019
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Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2018
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Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken, since its announcement on 12 September 2018 that mesh surgery would be halted, to ensure that all NHS boards comply with this instruction and not use mesh as happened previously following the suspension announced in 2014 when some boards continued to carry out mesh procedures.
Answer
Following the 12 September announcement of the halt, the Chief Medical Officer wrote to all Health Board Chief Executives and Medical Directors in order to instruct them that no further procedures were to be carried out. An exception was permitted in the case of those women who were already on the waiting list. In those circumstances surgery was allowed to go ahead, providing clinicians firstly explained the situation to the patient and sought fresh consent, and Scottish Government officials required Health Boards to confirm that those discussions had taken place.
Health Boards confirm they have complied with the instruction to halt procedures, and surgery has gone ahead only in the exceptional circumstances noted above.
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the development and implementation of the high vigilance restricted use protocol for mesh procedures.
Answer
Health Boards have nominated 'Accountable Officers' who, in each Health Board that carries out mesh procedures in the future, will be responsible for ensuring that the necessary high vigilance measures have been followed in every case.
In February Accountable Officers will meet with Scottish Government and NHS ISD officials, as well as members of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's Mesh Oversight Group, in order to progress the development of the protocol. In doing so, Accountable Officers will take account of NICE guidelines, Royal College of Surgeons training guidelines, the Mesh Oversight Group's newly developed Self-Assessment Tool, and the views of regional clinical groups, the latter having been asked to give careful consideration to the issue following the announcement of the halt in September 2018.