Question follow-through · 109667
Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to patients treated with rectopexy mesh for rectal prolapse as part of its work on redress following the re
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to patients treated with rectopexy mesh for rectal prolapse as part of its work on redress following the re
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Hughes Report, the Government is carefully considering the Patient Safety Commissioner’s (PSC’s) recommendations, including the proposed approaches to redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh. The Hughes Report did not cover patients trea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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