NHS spending hundreds of millions on care for women with vaginal mesh implants which can cause 'horrifying complications'

NHS spending hundreds of millions on care for women with vaginal mesh implants which can cause 'horrifying complications' The NHS spent “at least” £245m on follow-up hospital appointments and aftercare for women who have had vaginal mesh implants, which can cause “horrific” complications.

An analysis by academics at the Oxford University Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) concluded that the true costs, when accounting for lost quality of life, was likely to be far higher.

At a Commons debate on the impacts of mesh this week, MPs shared accounts from constituents about the implants, used to treat incontinence and organ prolapse, which can deform and cut into the flesh, causing agony and permanent disability. The Independent