Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE1517 · Session 4

Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices

Closed Submitted 13 Mar 2014
Signatures
1,745
Comments
0
Considered
22 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:

1. Suspend use of polypropylene Transvaginal Mesh (TVM) procedures;

2. Initiate a Public Inquiry and/or comprehensive independent research to evaluate the safety of mesh devices using all evidence available, including that from across the world;

3. Introduce mandatory reporting of all adverse incidents by health professionals;

4. Set up a Scottish Transvaginal Mesh implant register with view to linking this up with national and international registers;

5. Introduce fully Informed Consent with uniformity throughout Scotland’s Health Boards; and

6. Write to the MHRA and ask that they reclassify TVM devices to heightened alert status to reflect ongoing concerns worldwide.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 3 Jun 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petition
    1 mention
  2. 17 Jun 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petition
    1 mention
  3. 11 Nov 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  4. 27 Jan 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  5. 24 Feb 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petition
    1 mention
  6. 12 May 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  7. 6 Oct 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  8. 26 Jan 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  9. 8 Mar 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  10. 29 Sep 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  11. 10 May 2017
    Meeting of the Parliament
    Parliamentary Bureau Motion
    2 mentions
  12. 18 May 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petition
    1 mention
  13. 28 Sep 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petition
    1 mention
  14. 26 Oct 2017
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  15. 29 Nov 2017
    Meeting of the Parliament
    Business Motions
    1 mention
  16. 5 Dec 2017
    Meeting of the Parliament
    Polypropylene Mesh Medical Devices
    4 mentions
  17. 5 Sep 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  18. 3 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  19. 22 Oct 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petition
    1 mention
  20. 10 Feb 2021
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  21. 24 Mar 2021
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  22. 8 Sep 2021
    Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

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Comments

No public comments.