i m very angry and frustrated. a year is a huge length of time for people who are suffering. it s time that they implemented all our recommendations. your review concluded thousands of women had been ignored by the health service for decades. do you think they re being heard now? we ve heard too often that women have said, we ve been dismissed, we ve been told, it s all in our heads . and so i hope that the culture will change and that the patients will always be foremost in the care that they receive. payment schemes for victims was a key recommendation, but so far, nothing has been confirmed. all three children in this family were born with health and learning problems after their mum took sodium valproate. their parents fear for their future without financial support. when the buffer of mum and dad have gone, you know, it s going to be sort of, it s going to be the oldest daughter to try and take
three health treatments intended to improve women s lives, but instead ruined many of them. there are the women living with debilitating pain after having pelvic mesh fitted. the pain, i would be in tears with. it was so severe. there are the pregnant mothers, never warned taking the epilepsy drug sodium valproate could harm their unborn babies. felt guilty for so long, didn t i? yeah, you felt as if it was your fault. . idid. and there s the hormonal pregnancy test, primodos. its manufacturer denies any link with birth defects, but hundreds of families campaigning for decades disagree. i mean, iam now 75. so my thoughts are, how much longer can i carry on doing this? a year ago today, a damning review about the health service s treatment of female patients was released including nine recommendations. the first happened straightaway. i want to issue a full apology to the. to those who have suffered.
problems after their mum took sodium valproate. their parents fear for their future without financial support. when the buffer of mum and dad have gone, you know, it s going to be sort of, it s going to be the oldest daughter to try and take on that responsibility. which she shouldn t have to do, she s got her own problems. but what do you do? some of the recommendations are being implemented. patient safety commissioners, intended to be a voice for the public s concerns, are being appointed, and some specialist mesh centres have been set up. after years of waiting, alison went to one in leicester to have her mesh removed, a complicated operation. it s very difficult to get out, they liken it to getting chewing gum out of hair. once a keen runner, alison now dreams of taking her dog for a long walk. i know that i may never get back to the person i was.
there are the pregnant mothers, never warned taking the epilepsy drug sodium valproate could harm their unborn babies. felt guilty for so long, didn t i? yeah, you felt as if it was your fault. i idid. and there s the hormonal pregnancy test, primodos. its manufacturer denies any link with birth defects, but hundreds of families campaigning for decades disagree. i mean, iam now 75. so my thoughts are, how much longer can i carry on doing this? a year ago today, a damning review about the health service s treatment of female patients was released, including nine recommendations. the first happened straightaway. i want to issue a full apology to the. to those who have suffered. but 12 months on, most of baroness cumberlege s suggestions haven t happened.
apology to the. to those who have suffered. but 12 months on, most of baroness cumberlege s suggestions haven t happened. i m very angry and frustrated. a year is a huge length of time for people who are suffering. it s time that they implemented all our recommendations. your review concluded thousands of women had been ignored by the health service for decades. do you think they re being heard now? we ve heard too often that women have said, we ve been dismissed, we ve been told, its all in our heads . and so i hope that the culture will change and that the patients will always be foremost in the care that they receive. payment schemes for victims was a key recommendation, but so far, nothing has been confirmed. all three children in this family were born with health and learning problems after their mum took sodium valproate.