Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99140

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Alex Baker

LabourAldershot

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the Hughes Report entitled Options Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7

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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