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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-02-14" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Motions</name>
    <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000011">
      <heading>Motions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Medical Mesh</name>
      <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000012">
        <heading>Medical Mesh</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4848" kind="speech">
        <name>Ms WORTLEY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Torrens</electorate>
        <startTime time="2019-02-14T11:02:05" />
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000013">
          <timeStamp time="2019-02-14T11:02:05" />
          <by role="member" id="4848">Ms WORTLEY (Torrens) (11:02):</by>  I move:</text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000014">
          <inserted>That this house establish a select committee to inquire into and report on the surgical implantation of medical mesh in South Australia and in doing so consider—</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000015">
          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;the number of people in South Australia adversely affected following the implantation of medical mesh;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000016">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;the benefits of establishing a South Australian register of mesh implant recipients, including a prospective and retrospective audit, which includes the public and private hospital sectors;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000017">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;identifying the current role of South Australian medical practitioners in reporting medical mesh-associated adverse outcomes and the consequences of non-mandatory reporting;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000018">
          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;assessing the usefulness of current patient information provided prior to surgery, including options for non-surgical treatment, possible adverse outcomes and fully-informed consent;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000019">
          <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;the credentialing of medical practitioners conducting implantation and the removal of medical mesh;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000020">
          <inserted>(f)&amp;#x9;identifying the extent to which there exists a need for physical and psychological support, including family members, following adverse outcomes; and</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190214519c77f888ea432bb0000021">
          <inserted>(g)&amp;#x9;any other related matter.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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