Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109667
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Claire Young
Liberal Democrat — Thornbury 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 AhmedAs 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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