Place an outright ban on transvaginal mesh implants (TVT)

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Place an outright ban on transvaginal mesh implants (TVT) due to the negative health implications they have for women, including internal damage and agonising chronic pain. Much of the pain suffered as a result of TVT mesh is avoidable, and can be addressed by improving women's healthcare.

It is believed to be responsible for a number of complaints due to potential erosion within the body, causing complications including repeated infection, pelvic pain while walking, pain during sex, and in some cases cutting through the vaginal wall. A significant number of mesh devices have been removed from the market. We recommend that the recent NICE guidelines calling to avoid the use of this mesh is instead extended to a full ban.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.

Decisions about patient care, including operations like mesh rectopexies, are a matter for the NHS and individual clinicians, not the Government or House of Commons. As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to review the safety of this procedure, and the wellbeing of patients who have previously had this operation, if that's something you'd like to happen.

Timeline

5 May 2022	Petition opened for signatures
9 May 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 May 2022

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