Surgical Mesh Implants

(asked on 9th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 3127, what outcomes will be required to be recorded on the Pelvic Floor Registry database; and what steps he is taking to ensure that data requirements implement the recommendations of the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, published in July 2020.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 17th June 2021

NHS Digital has commenced work with patient groups and clinicians to develop a collection tool to capture patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) from patients as part of the Pelvic Floor Registry implementation. The interim PROMs infrastructure will be flexible enough to adapt to future academically approved questions, following research, to finalise a validated PROM for Pelvic Floor and related procedures. Outcomes captured by this interim PROM are anticipated to be used in conjunction with data that has already been collected by clinicians, which provides wider context.

Adverse events following pelvic mesh surgery, such as those reported in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review, are being considered for inclusion. The Government will respond in full to the IMMDS Review later this year.

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