Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75372

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 26 September 2025

Question

Mims Davies

ConservativeEast Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
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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