Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109667

Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to patients treated with rectopexy mesh for rectal prolapse as part of its work on redress following the re

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
As set out in the Hughes Report, the Government is carefully considering the Patient Safety Commissioner’s (PSC’s) recommendations, including the proposed approaches to redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh. The Hughes Report did not cover patients trea...

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