Surgical Mesh Implants

(asked on 14th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8527, on transvaginal mesh implants, whether he intends to discuss ongoing or long-term delays for women seeking to have vaginal meshes removed with the management of hospital trusts.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 12th October 2017

NHS England is seeking to ensure that affected patients get access to the treatment they need more quickly. They are doing this through the identification of a number of hospital trusts who have self-declared as having the right multi-disciplinary teams and experience to provide advice and treatment or onward referral for women with mesh complications. The national specialised commissioning team will develop, consult on, and publish a service specification for the centres providing an experienced team for mesh removal. This will include advice on referral, multidisciplinary assessment to consider mesh removal, and surgery by expert teams.

Furthermore, a learning resource for general practitioners (GPs) was commissioned by NHS England so women who see their GP with mesh complications receive the appropriate support and are quickly referred to a self-declared centre where necessary.

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