Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33844

Surgical Mesh Implants

Tabled: 26 February 2025

Answered: 4 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to commission (a) research into, and (b) training programmes for, improved techniques for removal of failed pelvic mesh implants from injured women including those removal met

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is currently funding research to develop a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for prolapse, incontinence, and mesh complication surgery. This will enable women to sel...

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