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A highly-critical review of three medical treatments for women in the UK found thousands of lives had been harmed because officials failed to listen to safety worries and often dismissed them as "women\'s problems". The Cumberlege Review examined responses to concerns about a hormone pregnancy test, a drug for epilepsy, and vaginal mesh. We spoke to the BBC Health correspondent Anna Collinson, and to Baroness Cumberlege about her review. And we heard reaction from Clare Pelham, CEO of the Epilepsy Society, and Mary McLaughlin, who has campaigned for women affected by pelvic mesh in Ireland.

The video games sector makes up more than half of the UK\\u2019s entire entertainment market. Women are 50% of those who play but the number of women working in the industry is much lower. Jordan Erica Webber, a video games expert, Katie Goode, who makes VR games, and Abbey Plumb, a producer for a games company discussed their experiences of working in the video games industry.

It\\u2019s 1957 and Jean Swinney, a journalist on a local paper in the London suburbs, is investigating a story about a virgin birth. As she gets closer to the people involved Jean\\u2019s lonely and dutiful life becomes more interesting and she experiences a miracle of her own. Clare Chambers\\u2019 book \\u2018Small Pleasures\\u2019 is her first for 10 years and it was an item on Woman\\u2019s Hour which sparked the idea.

After the death of her mother, Emma Winterschladen has gone through what she calls \\u2018missed mum moments\\u2019 including graduating university, her first job and more recently her engagement. How do motherless daughters navigate these big moments without their mothers? Freelance Editor, writer & illustrator Emma Winterschladen and psychologist Anjula Mutanda discuss.

Twenty year old student Abigail McGourlay is the winner of The Arts Society\\u2019s national Isolation Artwork competition. She told us about her winning self-portrait \'Brewing\'.

Presenter: Jane Garvey \\nProducer: Dianne McGregor