Pelvic mesh campaigner Kath Sansom has met with the health secretary Steve Barclay to discuss financial redress for those suffering complications from the procedure.
The UK government decided last year not to provide compensation to women whose lives had been affected by vaginal mesh implants.
But Kath Sansom, a Cambridgeshire mum and former journalist for this news outlet, has continued campaigning and says she will put pressure on the health secretary to revisit the issue.
It also comes as the government revealed victims of the 1970s and 1980s blood scandal will receive compensation for the impact it has had on their lives.
Ahead of her meeting with the Secretary of State for Health, she said: “We [mesh injured] deserve to be compensated based on the fact we are suffering lifelong damage from a health treatment that caused avoidable harm.
“It is not our fault this happened to us and the State should take responsibility.”
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock issued a public apology when a public inquiry in 2020 revealed a shocking extent of patient failings and lack of regulation for mesh victims.
“The State has apologised for the suffering of the mesh community, which is an acknowledgement of responsibility,” Kath added.
Source: Cambs Times, 5 August 2022
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