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Surgical Mesh Implants

Commons · Question 18894 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that vaginal mesh implant procedures do not result in removal surgery.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Dec 2024

A national pause was introduced in 2018 for the use of vaginally inserted mesh to treat prolapse and the use of a retropubic sub-urethral mesh sling to treat stress urinary incontinence. Conditions were put in place for this pause, and NHS England continu...