| Heading: |
Hernias: Surgical Mesh Implants |
| Question ID: |
1785198 |
| UIN: |
38561 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1521 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
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| Asking Member handle: |
SharonHodgsonMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonHodgsonMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hernia mesh surgeries have taken place in each of the last 20 years; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the risks of mesh complications. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The following table shows the count of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) where there was any procedure for 'hernia mesh surgeries', recorded for the years 2004/05 to 2023/24, in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned acti... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |