Surgical Mesh Implants

(asked on 7th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to draw on the experiences of patients adversely affected by pelvic mesh implants to inform medical safety regulations.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 22nd July 2021

The Department established a patient reference group to provide challenge, advice and scrutiny to the Government’s response to the Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Review. There were 14 members of the Group, of which two people have been affected by, or hold an interest in, pelvic mesh.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is developing a world-leading regulatory regime for medical devices that prioritises patient safety. This includes an expectation that all devices placed onto the market will hold a UK Conformity Assessed mark by July 2023. A public consultation on the regulation of medical devices, which will provide an opportunity for views to be gained from patients and the wider public, is expected to launch this summer and new regulations are planned to follow the consultation in late spring 2022.

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