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Surgical Mesh Implants

Commons · Question 20166 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to resolve the data challenges encountered in the NHS audit from 2006-2011 of the retrospective audit of pelvic mesh.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 7 Jan 2025

The Department accepted the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review’s recommendation to undertake a selective retrospective audit of a defined cohort of women who have undergone mesh procedures. NHS Digital, now NHS England, has audited al...