Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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850. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners will received additional training to identify mesh related complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46981/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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All doctors on the Medical Council's register, including GPs, are required to maintain professional competence by enrolling in professional competence schemes and engaging in maintenance of professional competence activities in relation to their practice. In this context, the Council has established a range of professional competence schemes through formal arrangements with the recognised postgraduate training bodies. Schemes are operated by the postgraduate training bodies and have been developed to drive good professional practice, which is centered on patient safety and quality of patient care.

The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) is the recognised professional body for general practice and is responsible for post graduate specialist medical education, training and research in the specialty of general practice.

The ICGP Women’s Health Programme provides educational programmes for GPs in the area of women’s health, including gynaecology, and delivers this via e-learning; the ICGP journal Forum;circulars to GPs; courses and national conferences. The Women's Health Programme regularly reviews its educational programmes and adapts content based on identified needs and evidence based medicine. Content currently includes education for GPs on the presentation, management and referral of gynaecological problems as well as follow up and identification of complications post gynaecological surgery.