Vaginal mesh surgery exposed women to 'unacceptable risks'

Government finally acknowledges the 'tragedy' inflicted on thousands of women, and agrees mesh should only have been used as an extreme measure

Women have been exposed to unacceptable risks through the use of vaginal mesh surgery, the government has acknowledged for the first time, as fresh evidence has revealed that thousands of women have suffered traumatic complications.

In a parliamentary debate on the use of the implants, Jackie Doyle-Price, junior minister at the Department of Health, said it was a "tragedy" that women who had put their trust in the medical establishment had "come out with the most debilitating injuries".