Surgical Mesh Implants: Bristol
(asked on 8th December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on access to treatment of the decision by the specialist centre for mesh removal in Bristol to take only local referrals through the NHS and those from outside their area privately.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
No assessment has been made. NHS England is not aware of any such decision and we expect all mesh removal centres to operate according to the service specification.
North Bristol NHS Trust and the South West Regional Commissioning Team are planning for the Trust to provide all aspects of the service specification and to be fully functional by the end of March 2022.