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Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
SPICe Bill Summaries - Session 6 - May 2021 to June 2023
Feb. 26 2024
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This briefing provides summaries of all bills considered by the Scottish Parliament in Session 6 between May 2021 and June 2023.

Found: the mesh.


Departmental Publication (Research)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: Opinion on the welfare implications of different methods and systems for the catching, carrying, collecting and loading of poultry
Document: Opinion on the welfare implications of different methods and systems for the catching, carrying, collecting and loading of poultry (PDF)

Found: report, the OV will need to be in possession of all the necessary equipment (for example camera, surgical


Written Question
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Asked by: Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course.


Written Question
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course.


Written Question
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
Wednesday 21st February 2024

Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course.


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Feb. 19 2024

Source Page: Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership [MS No.2/2024]
Document: Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Volume I of II (PDF)

Found: catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Health Security Agency

Feb. 19 2024

Source Page: Point prevalence survey on HCAI, AMU and AMS in England
Document: English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance report 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: calculated a ratio relating the number of antibiotic -resistant BSIs to the number of antibiotic -resistant surgical


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) options for redress, specifically for those affected by sodium valproate, but also for those affected by mesh - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) In Eastbourne in particular, spades are already in the ground to deliver an elective surgical hub. - Speech Link


Written Question
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
Wednesday 7th February 2024

Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, If she will make an assessment of the potential impact on women's health of the Government's progress on implementing the recommendations of the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review entitled First Do No Harm, published on 8 July 2020.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

Patient safety and women’s health is a top priority for this Government.

That’s why since the ‘First Do No Harm’ report we have:

o Appointed England’s first Patient Safety Commissioner

o Setup specialist centres for women impacted by mesh

o Piloted ways doctors can declare their interests

o And launched a national mandatory Medical Device Outcome Registry.

Beyond this, we published the first Women’s Health Strategy for England, which set out our plans for improving how the health and care system listens to women.


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jan. 25 2024

Source Page: Poultry: on-farm welfare
Document: Code of recommendations for the welfare of livestock - ducks (PDF)

Found: All floors, particularly slatted or metal mesh ones, should be designed, fitted and maintained so as