The petitioner has also collected 314 hard copy signatures.
Report
The Committee published its report on 21 August 2018:
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport responded to the Committee's report on 25 June 2019:
Summary
3 June 2014: The Committee took evidence from Elaine Holmes, Olive McIlroy, and Marion Scott, Sunday Mail. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, the Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, NHS National Services Scotland, the European Commission, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Medical Association Scotland and NHS boards. The Committee also agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing to give evidence at a future meeting. Link to Official Report 3 June 2014 (484KB pdf)
Below: Elaine Holmes, Olive McIlroy and Marion Scott at the meeting on 3 June 2014
17 June 2014: The Committee took evidence from Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, and Dr Frances Elliot, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government. The Committee agreed to invite Adam Slater, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC, to give evidence via video link at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to explore the possibility of meeting the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy at a future date. Link to Official Report 17 June 2014 (589KB pdf)
11 November 2014: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and the Department of Health. Link to Official Report 11 November 2014
27 January 2015: The Committee agreed to reschedule the evidence session with Adam Slater. The Committee also agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the Chair of the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants and the European Commission to give evidence at a future meeting. Link to Official Report 27 January 2015
24 February 2015: The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Neil McGuire, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia, Clinical Director Devices, and Sally Mounter, Senior Medical Device Specialist, Biosciences and Implants Devices Division, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency;
and then, via videoconference, from—
Adam M Slater, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC.
The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to seek its assurance that the evidence of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and Mr Slater would be taken account of by the Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants. The Committee also agreed that the evidence sessions with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, the Chair of the Independent Review and the European Commission would take place after publication of the Independent Review's findings. Link to Official Report 24 February 2015
12 May 2015: The Committee agreed to write to the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Society of Urogynaecology. Link to Official Report 12 May 2015
6 October 2015: The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Lesley Wilkie, Chair, Independent Review of Transvaginal Mesh Implants, Dr Rachael Wood, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Information Services Division and Dr Phil Mackie, Lead Consultant in Public Health, Scottish Public Health Network;
and then from—
Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, and Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government.
The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting. Link to Official Report 6 October 2015
26 January 2016: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. Link to Official Report 26 January 2016
8 March 2016: The Committee agreed to include the petition in its legacy paper for consideration by the Session 5 Public Petitions Committee. In doing so, the Committee agreed to write to the UK Government. Link to Official Report 8 March 2016
29 September: The Committee agreed to defer further consideration of the petition until the final report of the Independent Review is published and to seek an update from the Scottish Government on the work of the expert group. Link to Official Report 29 September 2016
18 May 2017: The Committee agreed to invite the petitioners to provide oral evidence at a future meeting, to invite members of the Independent Review to make submissions to the Committee, to seek time for a debate on the petition and to seek clarification about powers in relation to the regulation of medical devices. Link to the Official Report 18 May 2017
26 October 2017: The Committee agreed to consider a draft report in private at a future meeting. Link to the Official Report 26 October 2017
7 June 2018: The Committee considered a draft report on petition PE1517. The Committee agreed to continue consideration of the draft report in private at future meetings. Link to Official Report 7 June 2018
21 June 2018: The Committee considered a revised report on petition PE1517. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a further draft by correspondence.
5 September 2019: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. It also agreed to write to Dr Dionysios Veronikis,Obstetrician-gynaecologist based in Missouri, USA. Official Report of Meeting 5 September 2019
3 September 2020: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Heath and Sport. Official Report of Meeting 3 September 2020
22 October 2020: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport. It also agreed to write to the petitioners, Dr Wael Agur, the Chief Medical Officer and other relevant professional bodies. Official Report of Meeting 22 October 2020
10 February 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport. The Committee also agreed to write to the Health and Sport Committee. Official Report of Meeting 10 February 2021
24 March 2021: The Committee agreed to continue this petition and include it in its legacy paper for its successor Committee, along with a suggestion to refer the petition to the Health and Sport Committee. Official Report of Meeting 24 March 2021
Written Submissions