Correspondence Dec. 05 2023
Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport CommitteeFound: In response to questions related to the Committee’s inquiry into the Complex Mesh Surgical Service,
Correspondence Jun. 20 2023
Inquiry: Experiences of the Complex Mesh Surgical ServiceFound: Transvaginal Mesh Case Record Review Letter from the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health to
Mentions:
1: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) the patient safety commissioner in the Hughes report recommend a redress scheme for women harmed by surgical - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Theresa May (CON - Maidenhead) A redress scheme is being worked on for sodium valproate and for pelvic mesh. Why not for Primodos? - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (CON - Southend West) Raymond underwent six surgical procedures during his childhood, and there were many points at which his - Speech Link
3: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) We have set up the mesh centres for those affected by pelvic mesh; I meet regularly with those female - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) We are not talking about mesh; we are talking about Primodos, and we want to hear about redress. - Speech Link
5: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) For those who have been affected by sodium valproate and mesh, we are making huge progress. - Speech Link
Jun. 20 2023
Source Page: Transvaginal Mesh Case Record ReviewFound: Transvaginal Mesh Case Record Review
Asked by: Siobhan Baillie (Conservative - Stroud)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Hughes Report, published by the Patient Safety Commissioner on 7 February 2024, if she will ensure that people impacted by bowel mesh are eligible for financial redress.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report, and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course. Bowel mesh, also known as rectopexy mesh, did not fall within the definition of pelvic organ prolapse that the PSC investigated for her report.
Asked by: Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report from the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024, whether she is taking steps to implement the recommendation that women treated with mesh should be compensated.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report, and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations, and will respond substantively in due course.
Jan. 25 2024
Source Page: Poultry: on-farm welfareFound: All floors, particularly slatted or metal mesh ones, should be designed, fitted and maintained so as
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Labour - Canterbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on redress for people affected by mesh implants following the publication of The Hughes Report on 7 February 2024.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report, and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations, and will respond substantively in due course.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the compensation scheme for people suffering from the effects of vaginal mesh operations does not cover all those impacted by the use of the same materials in rectopexy procedures.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report, and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.
While the PSC does not include rectopexy mesh within her proposed definition of directly harmed patients for the purposes of her redress recommendations, we note that the PSC has said in her report that the Government needs to consider how to investigate issues related to harm caused by other uses of mesh going forward. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations, and will respond substantively in due course.