Removal of vaginal Meshes

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Dear Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

The Public Health Agency and Dept of Health In Northern Ireland have stated that there are surgeons in Northern Ireland who have been trained to undertake mesh removal including full and complete mesh removal. In the interests of transparency and confidence building can you please provide the following information

1. The names of surgeons who have been trained in Northern Trust (Urogynaecologists, gynaecologists, urologists)
2. Exactly what training they received (was it hands on, practical training? Was it for incontinence Meshes only or also for prolapse meshes?
3. When did this training take place? How long was the training?
4. Who trained them and where this training took place?
5. Any details of follow up or mentorship after training by an experienced mesh removal surgeon elsewhere who has overseen any subsequent removals carried out by these newly trained surgeons to quality assure their work and ensure women are not being put at risk

Can you advise how many TOTAL and COMPLETE removals of TVT, TVTO, TOT and all types of prolapse Meshes have been removed by the following and during what time frame these were done
1. Charles Beattie
2. Sayed Eltuhamy
3. Turlough Maguire
4. Keith Johnston

Can you also confirm if any of these surgeons have been trained in COMPLETE and FULL Removal of vaginal mesh and if so HOW and WHEN they were trained

If any other surgeon in your trust has received such training can you confirm this and provide their names?

When I talk about complete and full removal of Meshes for stress urinary incontinence I mean complete and total removal of all mesh from the body both urethral and each end/arm of the sling. I am not requesting full removal from urethra as this is not a complete removal

When I talk about complete and full removal of Meshes for prolapse I am again talking about removal of all parts of the mesh including what is commonly referred to as the arms/anchors

Yours faithfully,

Jackie Harvey

Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Thank you. Your email has been received by the Information Governance Department and will be responded to in due course.

Please be advised that the Trust is currently experiencing a high number of requests and every effort is being made to make sure requests are dealt with as promptly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Dear Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

I have not as yet received a response which is now overdue

Yours faithfully,

Jackie Harvey

Governance, Info, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Thank you. Your email has been received by the Information Governance Department and will be responded to in due course.

Please be advised that the Trust is currently experiencing a high number of requests and every effort is being made to make sure requests are dealt with as promptly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Linton, Mary, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Dear Jackie,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request, the Trust has been experiencing a high number of requests. Please be assured your request is in progress and I will be in contact with you as soon as a response is available.

Kind Regards
Mary

Mary Linton
Information Governance Support Officer
Information Governance Department
Causeway House
Ballymoney
BT53 6BP
Internal: 36 3443
External: 028 2766 1443

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Dear Linton, Mary,

This request is now several months overdue. Do you have an update please?

Yours sincerely,

Jackie Harvey

Linton, Mary, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

Dear Jackie,

Once again please accept my apologies for the continued delay with your request, we are at the final stages of getting the response approved and I should be in a position to issue this to you soon. Again please accept my apologies.

Kind Regards
Mary

Mary Linton
Information Governance Support Officer
Information Governance Department
Causeway House
Ballymoney
BT53 6BP
Internal: 36 3443
External: 028 2766 1443

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Linton, Mary, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Dear Jackie,

 

Please see attached response to your above request and please accept my
sincere apologies for the delay.

 

Kind regards

Mary

 

Mary Linton

Information Governance Support Officer

Information Governance Department

Causeway House

Ballymoney

BT53 6BP

Internal: 36 3443

External: 028 2766 1443

 

 

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