Janis Kay Urban

Mesh injured need to amplify calls for a statutory public inquiry into mesh harms, including so far unrecognized chronic illnesses from foreign body reactions. #publicinquiry #mesh

@10bluebells @DHSCgovuk @MattHancock @IMMDSReview @JuliaCumberlege @sarahwollaston @OwenSmith_UK @EmmaHardyMP @SharonHodgsonMP @newcastleherald My reference is to the government i believe they should set up a fund like Thalidomide as they signed an Act to compensate if injuy was caused. Many solicitors take mesh cases on &then drop the client leaving them time barred. If there is a win the client is gagged!

devonlive.com/news/devon-new… Devon Live #mesh scandal £1m payout in scandal that has made Devon women's' lives hell Compensation is being demanded now for all victims of the vaginal mesh scandal that has left many women in Devon suffering harm that was avoidable Susan said: "Compensation is needed now. We have been left in terrible suffering for decades but sadly many may not be able to last the long haul. If patients are not compensated very soon I believe a full public inquiry should occur based on a full audit of mesh removal centres to add further evidence as to what went wrong. "A friend and I who had bowel mesh surgery recently spoke at great length to the Patient Safety Commissioner Redress Project Team [to explore redress options for those who have been harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate] with regards to compensation. We are concerned that time is passing since the Cumberlege Review [The Independent Medicines & Medical Devices Safety Review] and that the government is dragging its heels and momentum is being lost. Most mesh-injured ladies are now so poorly and so disheartened they cannot continue the fight. "The government has used the excuse that we can get a solicitor and make our own claims, but this is an exhausting and adversarial process where many claims have been dropped at the point of time limitations end, and one legal firm, Fortiude Law has charges of misconduct against it. The dropping of claims or advice to settle for a pittance under threat of costs is what these poorly injured women are having to deal with. "The mesh harm was accepted by the government and Matt Hancock [former UK health secrtary] issued an apology on behalf of the government in 2020 for the decades it has taken all of us mesh injured to be heard. He agreed with Baroness Cumberlege that it was a scandal. "He admitted mesh injuries and the inability for us to be heard was a mistake; we did not consent to mistakes. We trusted what we were being told and that has turned out to be catastrophically wrong.