Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18894

Surgical Mesh Implants

Tabled: 10 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that vaginal mesh implant procedures do not result in removal surgery.

Answer

Karin Smyth

A national pause was introduced in 2018 for the use of vaginally inserted mesh to treat prolapse and the use of a retropubic sub-urethral mesh sling to treat stress urinary incontinence. Conditions were put in place for this pause, and NHS England continu...

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