Oxford surgeon Simon Jackson has been criticised by a High Court judge for giving evidence that was “wholly unsatisfactory” “cherry-picking” and “lacked balance” when he acted as medical expert for an NHS Health board defending a high value mesh case.
I had a successful colposuspension in 2000 to treat bladder leaks, and it worked perfectly for 17 years. Colposuspension is the traditional surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence and does not involve the use of mesh. In 2017 after surgery for a bladder and bowel prolapse, I was advised to have a TVT mesh sling inserted as my bladder leaks […]
The Cumberlege Review called for a mandatory, enforceable transparency system which would force industry to log the millions it gives to the UK health sector every year – this money has been proven to bias research and prescribing.
Did you know that hundreds of millions are paid by industry to the UK healthcare sector every year? In 2025 it was £929 million. In 2024 it was £813 million.
Thanks to the BMJ for covering the story of how six years on from the Cumberlege Review, and over a decade of advocacy from #slingthemesh and we’re still waiting for meaningful action on transparency around pharma and device payments to the health sector.
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham recognised the need for justice for women affected by Mesh, Primodos, Sodium Valproate and PIP implant scandals.
Our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of former Senator Derryn Hinch – the first Australian politician to take mesh injured women seriously and a huge support to the global mesh injured community.
n July 2018, we achieved what many thought was impossible – the UK suspension of vaginal mesh sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence.
