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Public Petitions Committee 08 February 2011

08 Feb 2011 · S3 · Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
Current Petitions
Silicone Breast Implants (PE1378)
Munro, John Farquhar LD Ross, Skye and Inverness West Watch on SPTV
It is significant that, as Rhoda Grant pointed out, implant surgery is banned in some of the major countries. There must be a justifiable reason for that blanket ban.

In the same item of business

The Convener Lab
Our last petition is PE1378, by Mairi Johnston, on silicone breast implants and rupture awareness. Rhoda Grant is at the committee, and I invite her to say a...
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) Lab
Mairi Johnston is a constituent of mine, and she has come to see me regarding this matter on a number of occasions. From what I can tell, the committee has b...
The Convener Lab
I seek views from committee members. We asked the question:“What statistics do you have regarding the number of ruptures of silicone breast implants?”The Gov...
Cathie Craigie Lab
The Scottish Government has stated that it has no plans to raise the matter with the UK Government. I do not think that there is anything stopping the commit...
Nanette Milne Con
Do we have any knowledge of the timescale according to which the Scottish Government is preparing to consult on a proposal to change the time bar for medical...
The Convener Lab
Do we have any information on that?
Fergus Cochrane
We were told that it would be in the near future.
The Convener Lab
We could clarify that. Is it the committee’s view that there is more work to be done on the petition?
John Wilson SNP
Convener, you raised the question of the Scottish Government saying that no information was held centrally on the number of incidents of ruptured silicone br...
Rhoda Grant Lab
I agree with that. Mairi Johnston told me that she had numerous visits to her GP before she was referred to a plastic surgeon. I think that the patient pathw...
John Wilson SNP
The other issue that has been raised by Rhoda Grant’s question is whether the information that the local health boards gather, which we want the Scottish Gov...
Rhoda Grant Lab
That is useful. Perhaps the Government should also review what advice and guidance on the possible issues people are given before they have implants inserted...
The Convener Lab
I speak from personal experience when I say that it is really important that somebody sits down and takes time with the patient when they are faced with havi...
John Farquhar Munro LD
It is significant that, as Rhoda Grant pointed out, implant surgery is banned in some of the major countries. There must be a justifiable reason for that bla...
The Convener Lab
It may be worth finding out whether there is guidance from the World Health Organization and what other international health regulation and advice there is o...