Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion

Mr. Robert Kidd:

I gave an update earlier on what we have implemented to date. The next step for us is the oversight group and addressing the remainder of the recommendations. Our intention is to put the group in place. In fact, we have identified a chair. We will want patient representation as part of that process, which is important following the evidence today. As part of that, it is to be hoped we will feed in to the improvements we can make and address the communications piece. We would be happy to bring back a report to the committee in the third quarter, that is, late autumn, if that is okay. That is a reasonable timeframe.

Deputy Burke has left the meeting. He commented on data. It is important to distinguish between two things. We have acknowledged the difficulties in the retrospective piece. What we have put in place is a programme of work to deal with the prospective piece more effectively. We will have clear data, and we can include that in the report we will bring back to the committee, if that is reasonable.

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