Surgical Mesh Implants

(asked on 7th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement all the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review on pelvic mesh.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 20th July 2021

We have implemented the recommendation of the Independent Medicines and Medical Device (IMMDS) Review which calls for the establishment of specialist mesh centres. As of April 2021, eight National Health Service trusts are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to provide specialised services for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse.

The Review recommended a patient-identifiable database for the implantation of all devices, including vaginal mesh. NHS Digital has developed a pelvic floor registry under the Surgical Devices and Implants Direction, which will collect information from pelvic floor and mesh related procedures. Specialist mesh removal centres will be required to provide information to the pelvic floor registry.

We are considering the associated actions for improvement that relate to mesh and we will respond in full to the IMMDS Review this year.

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