Andy Burnham told to act after children left severely disabled by NHS-prescribed epilepsy drug despite KNOWN risks

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Andy Burnham told to act after children left severely disabled by NHS-prescribed epilepsy drug despite KNOWN risks

Andy Burnham has been told to act by two mothers whose children were left severely disabled by an NHS-prescribed epilepsy drug. The drug, sodium valproate, was prescribed to pregnant women for decades, despite known risks to unborn babies. Documents uncovered by the mothers, Janet Williams and Emma Murphy, suggest officials knew of the risks as early as the 1970s. They attended the Labour conference in Liverpool, w…