DES drug scandal: Mothers given controversial pregnancy drug in 1960s meet for first time
December 16, 2025

(ITV News) – After decades of suffering alone, more women exposed to the controversial drug Stilbestrol are breaking their silence to speak out on what’s been described as one of the worst medical disasters in NHS history.
ITV News has brought together two mothers who were prescribed the anti-miscarriage drug commonly known as DES in the 1960s.
Jenny Brooks, 87, who lives in Berkshire, and 94-year-old Hilary Tasker, from Oxfordshire, have lived with the guilt of taking the DES all their life.
It was prescribed by NHS doctors, but they fear it may have affected the health of their children. (Read More)