Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on its decision to remove the link from its website to the report it commissioned by York University Health Economics Consortium which reviewed the available literature on complication rates for mesh implants.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) archives information published on its website to ensure that the most recent information is displayed. When archiving information, the MHRA considers whether the information or updated information is available via other sources.

A summary of the report produced by York University Health Economics Consortium in 2012 is available within the ‘Summary of the evidence on benefits and risks of vaginal mesh implants’, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaginal-mesh-implants-summary-of-benefits-and-risks

The MHRA continues to keep all information relating to the safety of mesh implants under review.