Written Question · S4W-07987 · Session 4
When (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy and (b) Health Facilities Scotland received a medical alert about …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive when (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy and (b) Health Facilities Scotland received a medical alert about problems with PIP breast implants; what action was then taken to notify women, and when.
The answer
Medical device alerts, including those about PIP silicone breast implants, are sent by MHRA directly to Health Facilities Scotland who distribute them to their network of equipment co-ordinators in NHS boards. Those co-ordinators are responsible for cascading alerts to the appropriate areas within their NHS board and the alert specifies what action or actions are to be taken.
Medical device alerts about PIP silicone breast implants were issued by MHRA on 31 March 2010 (MDA/2010/025), 4 October 2010 (MDA/2010/078) and 15 March 2012 (MDA/2010/011).
The first alert, issued in 2010, indicated that further advice about the clinical management of patients implanted with PIP silicone breast implants would be made available, and that advice was provided in the latter two alerts.
Medical device alerts about PIP silicone breast implants were issued by MHRA on 31 March 2010 (MDA/2010/025), 4 October 2010 (MDA/2010/078) and 15 March 2012 (MDA/2010/011).
The first alert, issued in 2010, indicated that further advice about the clinical management of patients implanted with PIP silicone breast implants would be made available, and that advice was provided in the latter two alerts.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-07987 by reference.