| Heading: |
Hip Replacements |
| Question ID: |
1816227 |
| UIN: |
HL8794 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4885 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Sikka
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| Asking Member handle: |
premnsikka
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@premnsikka
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will commission an independent inquiry into how hip replacements containing cobalt have affected the lives of patients. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is committed to ensuring that all medical devices on the United Kingdom’s market meet stringent safety and performance standards. It continuously monitors the safety of orthopaedic implants us... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |