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Matt Hancock apologises to thousands of women harmed by vaginal mesh, primodos and sodium valproate

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Matt Hancock today apologised to thousands of women harmed by three avoidable health scandals after a damning review into vaginal mesh implants, pregnancy test drug Primodos and epilepsy treatment sodium valproate. The Health Secretary said sorry ‘on behalf of the NHS and the entire health service’, saying ‘voices had now been heard’ and acknowledging the … Read more

A generation of women betrayed: Thousands were harmed by THREE health scandals

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Tens of thousands of women and children were ‘catastrophically’ harmed by three avoidable health scandals, a damning report concludes today. It says crippling symptoms were dismissed as ‘women’s problems’ by intimidating or arrogant doctors and surgeons. Patients who complained faced an ‘unresponsive and defensive’ healthcare system. The inquiry said lives were ‘catastrophically affected’ by mistakes … Read more