Primodos patients ‘left out in the cold’ as new redress report published
Ministers have faced backlash after families affected by Primodos were excluded from an important review about redress for victims of health scandals.
A new report by the Patient Safety Commissioner says that there is a “clear case for redress” for thousands of women and children affected by sodium valproate and vaginal mesh implants.
The Commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, wanted to include patients that had suffered avoidable harm as a result of hormone pregnancy tests, including Primodos, in her review but was told by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) they would not be included.
They have just forgotten us. It's a case of: 'it's too difficult so
