Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an update on plans for financial redress for those harmed by (a) mesh implants, (b) Primodos and (c) Sodium Valproate.

The Government’s response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review did not accept the recommendation to establish separate redress schemes. We have worked with NHS Resolution to launch online claims gateways to support patients who may wish to bring a clinical negligence claim in relation to pelvic mesh and sodium valproate. We are improving the safety of medicines and medical devices through high standards for industry to market and manufacture products with the aim of reducing harm in future.