Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with hospital trusts on the use of vaginal meshes to treat urinary tract infections.
Transvaginal meshes are used to treat women suffering from stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse.
The Department and NHS England have not had any discussions with hospital trusts regarding the use of the vaginal meshes to treat urinary tract infections.