Almost 100 women who have suffered significant complications from vaginal mesh implants have today gone to Parliament to speak on what could be the “biggest health scandal of our time.” The plastic ...

Health officials have today announced they will launch an investigation into the scandal-hit vaginal mesh implants. The Department of Health and Social Care will begin a national audit to determine ...

A man who had a mesh implant following a hernia said it has had a devastating impact on his life. Graham Robertson, who had hernia surgery in 2007, said he has had serious health complications ...

The Government has refused to ban controversial surgical mesh implants, despite calls for suspension of the treatment and a Labour push for a full public inquiry into the scandal. Following a debate ...

On Wednesday, British parliamentarians will debate if a public inquiry into a common surgical procedure called TVT (transvaginal mesh implant) is needed – the latest victory of an increasingly vocal ...

Safeguards must be in place before health boards can begin to reintroduce routine mesh implant surgery, MSPs have been told. Health Secretary Shona Robison said measures recommended by an independent ...

A woman has spoken out about the excruciating side-effects of a hernia mesh treatment and how it changed her life. Jennifer Coles from London had an operation to treat her inguinal hernia in her groin ...

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