Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68314

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timeline is for publishing a Government response to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government Departme...

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