Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to (a) collect data on surgical implants and devices from (i) mesh-related and (ii) other procedures from (A) the NHS and (B) private provider organisations and (b) progress the roll-out of the Medical Device Information System (MDIS).

NHS Digital has started a programme of work under the Surgical Devices and Implants Direction to collect information on surgical implants and devices from healthcare providers in England, currently focussed on pelvic floor, or mesh and related procedures, as a priority.

Section 19 of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 will enable NHS Digital to establish a medical device information system (MDIS) which will collect and store relevant information on implantable devices from all National Health Service and private healthcare providers across the United Kingdom. This could include linking unique device identifiers to patients, clinicians, and the specific surgical procedure that implanted the device. Formal public consultation on the MDIS regulations will begin later this year with the aim of laying the regulations in 2022.