Patients: Compensation

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department had with Her Majesty's Treasury, prior to the publication of the Government response to the Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review on 26 July 2021, on setting up a redress scheme to meet the cost of providing additional care and support to people who have experienced avoidable harm as a result of (a) hormone pregnancy tests, (b) sodium valproate and (c) pelvic mesh.


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Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 7th September 2021

The Department engaged with HM Treasury on redress prior to cross-Government approval of the response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.

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