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The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is calling for tougher regulations governing the use of medical products in the UK to prevent health scandals like pelvic mesh implants.

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#healthcare #medicalproducts #pelvicmesh #patientsafety

APIL calls for national register of medical products

The campaign organisation is calling for tougher regulations governing the use of medical products in the UK to prevent health scandals like pelvic mesh implants.

healthcaretoday.com

November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM

Patient Safety Commissioner

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As this anniversary approaches, I urge the Government to respond, and encourage parliamentarians to continue pressing for action for those who have waited far too long. #PatientSafety #Valproate #PelvicMesh #Redress #HughesReport #PatientVoice #RedressNow 4/4

October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM

NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

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📢 The first-ever info guide to support and protect patients considering pioneering, but also potentially risky, surgery

🧑‍⚕️It sets out clearly what surgeons must tell patients before they undergo new procedures
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/internationa...

#PelvicMesh #WomensHealth #PatientSafety

International experts and patients unite to help ensure all patients are fully informed before consenting to new surgical procedures - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre

Leading doctors, researchers, and lawyers have joined forces with patient representatives and created the first-ever information guide to better support and protect patients across the world who are c...

www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk

July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Susan Morgan

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whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal50992

Westminster Hall debate

27 March 2025 from 3:00pm until 4:30pm

First anniversary of the Hughes report on #valproate and #pelvicmesh

Westminster Hall debate - What's on - UK Parliament

First anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic mesh

whatson.parliament.uk

March 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Patient Safety Commissioner

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One year on from the Hughes Report

It is one year since I published the Hughes Report on the options for redress for those harmed by #pelvicmesh and #valproate.

Read my blog post here: www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/one-year-on-....

#HearHerVoice
#WomenBetrayed
#AccountabilityNow

One year on from the Hughes Report - Patient Safety Commissioner

It is one year since I published the Hughes Report on the options for redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh and valproate. When I launched the report in Parliament on 7th February 2024, I never imag...

www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk

February 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM

FiLiA

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'Dr Hughes has recommended initial payments of £100k for sodium-valproate victims & £20k for women injured by mesh, followed by further payments for some, as well as some non-financial assistance to victims & their families.'

#slingthemesh #valproate #mesh #pelvicmesh

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pelvic mesh victims still waiting for compensation a year on

A year after a major report called for urgent action, no scheme has been put in place to help victims.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Susan Morgan

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Hughes Report Update (February 2025): patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/our-reports/...

🔶One year on from Dr. Henrietta Hughes' report on redress for those harmed by #pelvicmesh & #sodiumvalproate, there has been a notable lack of action from the #government.

#mesh #sodiumvalproate

patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk

February 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM