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Written Question · S5W-00491 · Session 5

What information it has regarding how many times the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a medical device alert …

Answered Asked by Neil Findlay Lab Lodged 3 Jun 2016

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many times the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a medical device alert to healthcare professionals regarding polypropylene mesh devices.

The answer

Answered by Shona Robison on 16 Jun 2016 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that it has not issued a medical device alert regarding polypropylene mesh implants. MHRA has stated that it continues to monitor and evaluate the safety and performance of these devices; they have not identified a robust body of evidence indicating any polypropylene mesh implants are unsafe requiring them to initiate any enforcement action against manufacturers in the UK under the European medical device regulations, and to the best of their knowledge neither has any other EU country or worldwide regulator.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-00491 by reference.