Written question WQ91386
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister give patients in Wales harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh an undertaking that they will be treated no less favourably than equivalent patients in England as far as redress is concerned?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
I will be giving careful consideration to the Hughes Report and its recommendations to the UK Government relating to the options for financial and non-financial redress for those harmed by vaginal mesh implants and sodium valproate. I have asked officials to review the recommendations of the report alongside the other UK governments to evaluate the impact on Welsh redress processes and to ensure the best course is pursued so that affected people in Wales are not treated any differently. I therefore see no need to commission a separate report.