The evidence clearly confirms the claim. The Hughes Report itself states that "The Patient Safety Commissioner was asked by DHSC ministers to undertake work on the options for redress for people harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh in late 2022." DHSC — the Department of Health and Social Care — is a government department. The report's stated purpose was to focus on "how to provide redress rather than why," and it made 10 recommendations including the creation of a two-stage financial redress scheme. The report was published on 7 February 2024, and the Patient Safety Commissioner herself noted that "commissioning this work would inevitably raise expectations" — directly supporting Sarah Green's characterisation that the commissioning of the report raised an expectation that a redress scheme was forthcoming. The BBC and the Pharmaceutical Journal also corroborate that Dr Hughes "was asked by the government to look into a potential compensation scheme." No evidence contradicts the claim. Sources: - The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, Patient Safety Commissioner, https://www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Redress-Report_.pdf - Patient Safety Commissioner, Redress page, https://www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/our-work/redress/ - BBC News, "Mesh and sodium valproate scandal victims need payouts soon, report says," https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68215937 - The Pharmaceutical Journal, "Patient safety commissioner pushes government on valproate redress almost two years after report," https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/news/patient-safety-commissioner-pushes-government-on-valproate-redress-almost-two-years-after-report