"Urgent Need for Compensation: Mesh and Sodium Valproate Scandal Victims, Report Urges"

England's patient safety commissioner has urged the government to provide urgent financial assistance to victims of the mesh and sodium valproate scandals, with recommendations for initial payments of £100,000 to sodium valproate victims and £20,000 to women injured by mesh implants. Families affected by these health scandals have been campaigning for decades for compensation and a public inquiry, with some describing the sodium valproate scandal as "bigger than thalidomide." The government has acknowledged the need to improve patient care and safety in response to these issues.