Last week I did an interview that lasted 5 hours, just me, talking. I had plenty more to say. My conversations with other campaigners...

Since my daughter's diagnosis of fetal Valproate syndrome, I've been determined to understand how a harmful congenital syndrome could be...

Having been a constituent of Keir Starmer’s for many years, on and off, I’ve been curious about his approach to justice.  As a lawyer he...

To use a baking analogy, the Hughes report was a bit of a part built triple layer cake.  Mostly vanilla and satisfying, doing what it...

It was dubbed the Wonderdrug back in the 70s as it worked so well and could be taken along with the contraceptive pill.  Wondrous indeed...

This piece was drafted in 2022 but not published. On 7th February 2024 a proposal for redress for those adversely affected by pelvic...

When I started asking questions, around 2003, I first talked to a health journalist I knew.  She told me that in order to prove that...

People on the ketogenic diet usually don’t talk about it because of the reactions received from others.  They chat secretly on forums,...

In my 20 plus years of work on valproate as the mother of a person affected and campaigner I could say that I’ve got the subject just...

In a recent meeting with DHSC, PSC and NHSE I realised that I’d finally lost patience. To be honest I’d lost it many years before. ...

Woman’s Hour https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001gkqw hosted a discussion with the new Patient Safety Commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes....