Science is supposed to be gold standard, giving rigorous, impartial, and trustworthy advice on health treatments.
But increasingly, it’s looking more like a house of cards built on ghostwritten papers, corporate spin, short term outcome logging and a rush to market that leaves safety trailing in the dust.
Campaigners affected by the medical scandals of pelvic mesh implants, Primodos, and sodium valproate gathered outside Parliament to mark Patient Safety month with a powerful protest demanding justice and reform.
Sling The Mesh played an active role in the MHRA’s rectopexy mesh review, including participation in its 2024 patient survey. We look forward to working alongside patients, clinicians, and regulators from spring 2026 to raise awareness of the risks and long-term impacts of rectopexy mesh, to amplify patient voices, and drive improvements in patient safety and informed consent.
Patient safety campaigners and MPs are demanding an immediate suspension of rectopexy bowel mesh surgeries, amid growing concerns over the credibility of research that underpins the procedure.
NHS patients are being left in chronic pain and unable to work after having hernias repaired with mesh. Surgeons are no longer trained in mesh-free repairs and many do not know how to remove implants, doctors have warned.
