Dr Julian Lewis:  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will list the (a) NHS hospitals which contain dedicated centres for the removal of failed vaginal mesh and (b) dates on which those centres became operational. [51404]

[Due for Answer on 23 September. Answered on 26 September.]

ANSWER

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care (Dr Caroline Johnson): The following National Health Service hospitals provide specialised services for patients with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse:

- Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;

- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust;

- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;

- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;

- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust;

- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; and

- North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust commenced delivery of services for the removal of failed vaginal mesh in November 2021 and April 2022 respectively. The remaining hospitals commenced delivery of services for the removal of failed vaginal mesh in April 2021.