An MP has called on Boris Johnson to give justice to families affected by hormone pregnancy test drug Primodos.
Hannah Bardell said mothers were treated like “guinea pigs” and “mocked” when they raised concerns about Primodos.
Mums who used it believe it caused abnormalities in babies, including shortened limbs, heart defects, brain injuries and stillbirths.
The report into families affected by Primodos, sodium valproate and pelvic mesh, published earlier this month, concluded patients came to “avoidable harm” because the healthcare system failed to act when serious concerns were raised.
Baroness Cumberlege, a former Tory health minister who led the review, called for an urgent shake-up to rid the NHS of an “arrogant and dismissive culture”, which resulted in many doctors writing off patients’ crippling symptoms as “women’s problems”.
Bardell, the MP for Livingston, whose constituent Wilma Ord took Primodos and blames it for affecting her daughter Kirsteen, has raised the issue with the PM and criticised the treatment of women who took Primodos.
She told the Daily Record: “Baroness Cumberlege did not mince her words. She and her team have really listened and taken on board everything that was said by victims. These women were used as guinea pigs. We know there were concerns with Primodos early on and that is grossly negligent in my view.
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