Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111714

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 18 February 2026

Question

Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a timetable for implementing redress recommendations from the Cumberlege Review and the Hughes Report.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Department continues to take forward work to explore redress for those affected by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate, which includes recommendations made by the Patient Safety Commissioner in the Hughes Report. We recognise the importance of these issu...

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