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Janet Williams MBE
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Valproate Parliamentary campaigner and lobbies, songwriter and Suoer mum.
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Pin your ears back - have you heard about the sodium valproate scandal?

Delighted to join @thetimes.com radio podcast with Jane Garvey to discuss where we are at with those ongoing tragedy. Listen here around 41:30 - www.thetimes.com/podcasts/off...
Off Air with Jane & Fi
Fresh from their new Times Radio show Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think – unencumbered and off air. If you want to contact the show to ask a quest...
www.thetimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The Sunday Times leader today:

"The chancellor did the right thing in finding funds to compensate infected blood victims. The same must be done for victims of sodium valproate" www.thetimes.com/article/e6b4...
The wheels of justice turn all too slowly for NHS victims
Only 11 payments have been made to victims of the infected blood scandal, with £11.8 billion available
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🚨 Sodium valproate victim forced to sleep on the floor because of Governemnt dithering on compensation www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Drug scandal victim sleeps on floor because of delayed payouts
In opposition, ministers backed compensation for the thousands of babies disabled by sodium valporate. Now victims say their pleas go unheard
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@gwynnemp.bsky.social after our quick catch up on the 18th Dec we still await a response for a date to meet to discuss #prevention for damage caused by Valproate @Emma4facs
January 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Final interview at the Royal Courts of Justice in 2011, 3 months later funding was withdrawn & the case against Sanofi ended, simply because Sanofi had informed the Govt who then chose to hide that information until @infact uncovered it at the Achives. #compensationforvalproate
January 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Petition to put pressure on Govt to Compensate those harmed by sodium valproate since licensing in 1973 has been set up. Govt were informed of the dangers yet the Dept of Health refused to give warnings allowing babies to suffer lifelong injuries sign at 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Compensate people who have been harmed by sodium valproate
There has been a campaign for justice for those harmed by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate since 2012, with over 2000 people seeking compensation and recognition of the damages caused by valproate i...
petition.parliament.uk
December 4, 2024 at 7:26 PM
As we get closer to our first meeting with the new Labour Health Minister and prepare for our next steps in Parliament, INFACT lobbying and meetings over the past 12 months have been vital.
November 27, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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Today sodium valproate families will deliver a petition to @10DowningStreet. So far @wesstreeting and new government has been silent 8 months on from a major report setting out how compensation should work:

READ for FREE how families are being treated: www.thetimes.com/uk/article/d...
Disabled then treated like liars: the next epilepsy drug scandal
A generation whose mothers took sodium valproate were left with lifelong disabilities. They are still subjected to degrading questions again and again to prove they really need state help
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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#CompensationforValproate

#CompensationforValproate

To all our followers who have supported our National Campaign for Justice and the work of
@JuliaCumberlege IMMDs Report
@PSCommissioner Hughes Report

Please sign our petition 🙏🏼❤️

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Compensate people who have been harmed by sodium valproate
There has been a campaign for justice for those harmed by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate since 2012, with over 2000 people seeking compensation and recognition of the damages caused by valproate i...
petition.parliament.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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#CompensationforValproate

6 years ago today we gave Oral evidence to The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Review

Uncovering the research & evidence we found at National Archives of 1 of the biggest Manmade medical disasters

Thousands of UK victims STILL waiting for justice ☹️
November 26, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... please sign the petition. Please don't let the forgotten victims of Sodium Valproate be forced to live their lives in poverty.
Petition: Compensate people who have been harmed by sodium valproate
There has been a campaign for justice for those harmed by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate since 2012, with over 2000 people seeking compensation and recognition of the damages caused by valproate i...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2024 at 6:43 PM