Patient Safety Commissioner calls for urgent compensation for pelvic mesh and valproate patients: A letter to the Prime Minister (3 March 2026)

Summary

More than two years after the Hughes Report was published, the UK Government has yet to provide a clear timeline for implementing a compensation scheme for the thousands of patients harmed by pelvic mesh and valproate. Published in February 2024 by the Patient Safety Commissioner for England, Professor Henrietta Hughes, the report examined options for redress for patients and families affected by these interventions. In this letter to the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Professor Hughes urges him to ensure that a clear timetable is set and that financial redress is delivered without further delay.