Mesh

That the Parliament condemns what it considers the failure of the Scottish Government to take up the generous offer made by the renowned US mesh removal surgeon, Dr Dionysios Veronikis, to come to Scotland to carry out full mesh removal procedures on women; believes that this offer was made over a year ago and that, despite assurances from the First Minister that the Scottish Government was committed to bringing Dr Veronikis to Scotland, prevarication, delay and the failure to expedite this lies wholly with the Scottish Government and officials, some of whom it considers may have a vested interest in not enabling him to come to Scotland and have completely failed to deliver on that commitment; considers that this will be a devastating blow to many women who were given hope of an improved quality of life by the prospect of having mesh removed by Dr Veronikis; understands that many Scottish mesh survivors have been told that they have had a full mesh removal only to later find out that this is not the case and that many centimetres remain in their body; believes that this is the latest in a long line of failures in the handling of the mesh crisis, and further believes that the Scottish Government should provide funding, through the NHS, for these women to have procedures undertaken outside of Scotland, including by Dr Veronikis.