Surgical Mesh

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:32 pm on 19 April 2018.

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Photo of Julian Lewis Julian Lewis Chair, Defence Committee, Chair, Defence Committee 2:32, 19 April 2018

Before those interventions, the Minister said that if people are still not getting adequate treatment, it should be brought to her attention. As I mentioned, I have been contacted by constituents saying they felt trapped because the people who did the procedures were refusing to refer them elsewhere for a second opinion and for possible help from the very small number of people who specialise in the rectification and reversal of these procedures. What advice can she give my constituents about how to break out of this restriction on being referred to people in whom they can have more confidence?