Final NHS performance stats before the #generalelection2024 📊
The elective waiting list increased this month to 7.6 million - higher than this time last year and much higher than the 2019 election (4.6 million).
Read @TheKingsFund's response: https://t.co/JhpWHwJhoP
If the government is willing to commit to providing redress to those harmed by infected blood, then why not those by other medical scandals, Primodos, Valproate & mesh? https://t.co/X12fEr8BC5
Great news that High Court threw out the new protest laws. In 2013 we protested outside MHRA and they brought us in to discuss shortly after. Direct action was our last resort. Photo courtesy of Warwick Sweeney @CarolineLucas@DianaJohnsonMP
Followers of Infact have signed up to a Trust run by 3 private individuals.
Other groups want money to held in a neutral body.
You may register (or unregister) here until the @PSCommissioner develops a full redress scheme or contact the PSC directly.
https://t.co/DIFwFLCyDk
Busy day filming in London with families impacted by sodium valproate, including one family from #WestSussex. Find out why they now see hope on the horizon on @BBCSouthNews at 630pm with @DavidSouthTV
Patient group campaigners including Jo Cozens and Karen Buck from OACS attended today's launch of the my report into redress options for those harmed by pelvic mesh and valproate - read the report at https://t.co/AHwMLQ4BQz #redressnow
@ShaunLintern@thetimes@PSCommissioner This has been going on for decades and families have suffered enough, time to compensate those affected. Let's hope the government finally face up to their responsibilities..
New information uncovered by @HSJ on the continued prescribing of valproate without adequate warnings shows how ineffective the current regulations are - it is the government that holds responsibility for valproate exposure in pregnancy https://t.co/2oNw8ANLpZ
@MHRAmedicines
Please can Everyone get behind the Families harmed by Epilepsy Medication #Valproate 20,000 plus Children Harmed in the UK alone, need power of the people to get #Redress from the UK Gov. See why
https://t.co/dZSBiN0iPL…
"I shouldn't have to face my little girl in that bed every day fighting for her life"
All four of Karen Buck's children were born with disabilities after she was prescribed sodium valproate whilst pregnant. She tells #Newsnight how difficult life is for her and her children.
Read about new research into the long-lasting impact of sodium valproate in our latest guest blog from Manchester researchers Dr Sonia Khanom and Dr Rebecca Bromley at https://t.co/eoCanviOiE
Read my evidence to the health select committee's evaluation of government progress on meeting patient safety recommendations at https://t.co/Uq2ukxxjx1
Bridget Coyle is the worst harmed children from sodium valproate. She is bed bound and severely brain damaged needing constant care. Her mum Karen, whose epilepsy led to daily seizures, had to get a solicitor to fight for her own PIP: "It was the worst experience of my life" 6/8