Cumberlege Review Reaction; Leaving School Rituals; Motherless daughters
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety review has been released this morning. Baroness Cumberlege led the review into the the effects of vaginal mesh, the hormonal pregnancy test Primodos and the epilepsy drug Sodium Valproate. She discusses its recommendations and her experience of hearing so many moving testimonies from women across the UK. Jenni also hears some initial reaction from Mary McLaughlin, who has campaigned for women affected by pelvic mesh in Ireland, and Clare Pelham, the CEO of the Epilepsy Society who gave evidence to the review about the effects of sodium valproate. School leaving rituals – the sweatshirts, the prom, the signed T-shirts, the school trip and primary school final assembly. How important are they and what impact has the Coronavirus pandemic had on this year’s leavers? Jenni speaks to Juliet Benis, Head Teacher at Ambler Primary School and to A' level student Anna from Bacon's College. Motherless daughters can experience persistent grief for years which peaks during milestones. After the death of her mother Emma Winterschladen has gone through what she calls ‘missed mum moments’ including graduating university, her first job and more recently her engagement. How do motherless daughters navigate these big moments without their mothers? Freelance Editor, writer & illustrator Emma Winterschladen and psychologist Anjula Mutanda discuss the relationship between grief and joy.
Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Caroline Donne Interviewed guest: Baroness Cumberlege Interviewed guest: Mary McLaughlin Interviewed guest: Clare Pelham Interviewed guest: Juliet Benis Interviewed guest: Emma Winterschladen Interviewed guest: Anjula Mutanda
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| 0:41.0 | Hello Jenny Murray welcoming it to the Women's Our Podcast for Wednesday, the 8th of July. |
| 0:48.2 | By the end of July, schools across the UK will have closed for the summer. |
| 0:54.0 | What impact has coronavirus had on school leavers whose rituals, |
| 0:58.6 | the prom, the sweatshirt, the signed t-shirt or the school trip are not taking place. |
| 1:05.0 | And how does a daughter cope when her mother dies when she's young? |
| 1:10.0 | How does she navigate the milestones in her life as an adult without maternal support? |
| 1:16.0 | As I'm sure you've heard in the news or read in the papers, the results of the independent medicines and medical devices safety review |
| 1:25.0 | has been published this morning and has revealed that tens of thousands of |
| 1:30.0 | women and children were catastrophically harmed by three avoidable health |
| 1:35.4 | scandals and women were ignored. The review investigated vaginal mesh |
| 1:42.2 | used as a treatment for incontinence, Primidos, a hormone pregnancy test which became associated with damage to infants born to mothers who took it, and sodium valparator treatment for epilepsy known to harm |
| 1:56.9 | the fetus if taken when pregnant. It was |
| 2:05.0 | a an apology and the recommendation she has made. |
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