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Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Patient Safety Commissioner has made on their work on Sodium Valproate and surgical mesh implants.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Patient Safety Commissioner has made on their work on Sodium Valproate and surgical mesh implants.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of work, involving s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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