Mesh Implants

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 13 December 2017.

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Photo of Neil McEvoy Neil McEvoy Plaid Cymru 2:26, 13 December 2017

Cabinet Secretary, the list of mesh implant survivors is growing every day and so is the campaign against its inappropriate use. New Zealand has effectively just ended the use of vaginal mesh implants and questions around consent are increasing all the time. Some people's bodies are rejecting this mesh in a very painful way, but they often are not given the proper chance to reject having the meshes fitted in the first place. Given the growing number of mesh implant survivors, England has adopted multidisciplinary teams of specialists who support patients who have had issues with mesh and advise them on treatments. Do these multidisciplinary teams exist in Wales and, if so, where are they? I'd specifically like that question answered. So, do multidisciplinary teams exist in Wales and where are they?