Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98594

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 9 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the First Do No Harm report; and if he will publish an updated timetable for delivery of those recommendations.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Seven of the nine recommendations made in the First Do No Harm report have been previously accepted in full, in part, or in principle. Four of these have been successfully implemented, including appointing Professor Henrietta Hughes as the first ever Pati...

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