Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support patients who are awaiting the removal of mesh.

There are nine specialist mesh centres in operation across England, ensuring that women in every region with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse gets the right support. Each mesh centre is led by a multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients get access to the specialist care and treatment that they need, including pain management and psychological support.

These teams include surgeons, physicians, imaging specialists, nurses, pain specialists, physiotherapists, and clinical psychologists and provide care, treatment and support in line with the standards set out in the published service specification. The Mesh Centres receive patient referrals via the patient’s general pracitioner or through a referral received from a patient’s local hospital or their treating clinician.