We can't wait any longer for justice

HORMONE SCANDAL CAMPAIGNERS' PLEA.

- BY JENNIFER HYLAND Chief Reporter

CAMPAIGNERS who blame hormone pregnancy tests for harming their unborn babies have said the government is failing women five years on from a review into the scandal.

Primodos was taken off the market in 1978 - after 1.5million women had taken it. A 2020 independent review, First Do No Harm, found regulators failed and were responsible for "avoidable harm".

How the NHS responded to fears over Primodos as well as pelvic mesh - linked to chronic pain - and anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate were also reviewed. Five years on, campaigners are still waiting for justice.

Wilma Ord, 77, of Livingston, took Primodos in 1970. Her daughter Kirsteen, 54, is deaf, severely asthmatic and has cerebral palsy. She said: "Families can't wait any longer for justice, help or support."