Archive for July 2020
Healthcare system ‘unresponsive and defensive’ over safety concerns – review
THE MAIL: “Harrowing” stories of pain and suffering have been laid bare in a report which concludes that patients came to “avoidable harm” because the healthcare system failed to respond in a speedy and appropriate way when serious concerns were raised about some medical treatments. By Press Assc. 8th July 2020 A scathing inquiry into…
Read MoreReaction to Cumberlege Review
Marie Lyons receives the outcome of the Cumberlege Review. After years of campaigning by families, an independent review has found that children suffered “avoidable harm” from the failure to regulate the drug Primodos in the 1960s and 70s.
Read MoreMatt Hancock
Matt Hancock’s apology in response the Cumberlege Report was screened across the majority of news channels.
Read MoreNicky Gubbins – Sky News
Hundreds of families that have been wronged by the Primodos scandal have finally been recognised. An independent review found that children suffered ‘avoidable harm’ from the failure to regulate Primodos, a drug used for hormone pregnancy tests.
Read More‘I trusted my doctors’: the women fighting for justice after medical procedures
THE GUARDIAN: An inquiry into the harmful effects of medical treatments prescribed to female patients in England has highlighted a series of scandals By The Guardian. 8th July 2020 Jacqueline Ciseau, 64, was 17 when she became pregnant in 1973. Her doctor recommended a hormone pregnancy test, which confirmed she was expecting a baby. She…
Read MoretalkRADIO
Did the drug Primodos have the potential to malform babies in the womb? talkRADIO’s Nick De Bois speaks to Jason Farrell about how campaigners may face disappointment.
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