The focus of Patient Safety Commissioner and small team, and must remain, patient safety and harm prevention. If the additional responsibility of reviewing redress is placed on the Patient Safety Commissioner, the Secretary of State must ensure that the Commissioner and her office has access to proper independent expert advice and support. We urge the Secretary of State to make a statement detailing the Patient Safety Commissioner’s review of redress schemes for the medical interventions deal...

The focus of Patient Safety Commissioner and small team, and must remain, patient safety and harm prevention. If the additional responsibility of reviewing redress is placed on the Patient Safety Commissioner, the Secretary of State must ensure that the Commissioner and her office has access to proper independent expert advice and support. We urge the Secretary of State to make a statement detailing the Patient Safety Commissioner’s review of redress schemes for the medical interventions dealt with by the IMMDS review, and what additional resources will be made available to her to undertake it. Type: recommendation | Number: 8 | Paragraph: 53 | Response status: accepted Government response: Our sympathies remain with all those harmed by medical interventions, including those harmed by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. A specification of the redress work has been shared with the Patient Safety Commissioner. This work is intended to cover what form redress could take for people harmed