Motion · S5M-22635.2 · 7 Sep 2020

The Baroness Cumberlege Report

Lodged by Alison Johnstone Amendment 0 supporters

The motion

As an amendment to motion S5M-22635 in the name of Jeane Freeman (The Baroness Cumberlege Report), after "review;" insert "notes the review's assertion that there is a 'widespread and wholly unacceptable labelling of so many symptoms as 'normal' and attributable to 'women's problems''; acknowledges that the review's findings highlight the repeated dismissal of women's pain and discomfort; is concerned by the failure to obtain informed consent from many of the women affected by Primodos, sodium valproate and transvaginal mesh; agrees that, without the campaigning of these women and their families, many of the issues cited in the review would not have come to light;".

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.