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Question follow-through · 38407

Diethylstilbestrol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to support people who have reported (a) long-term health and (b) personal impacts due to being prescribed Diethylstilbestrol (DES) between 1950 and 1980.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to support people who have reported (a) long-term health and (b) personal impacts due to being prescribed Diethylstilbestrol (DES) between 1950 and 1980.

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

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  4. 18 Aug 2025

    Answer corrected

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regulates medicines supplied in the United Kingdom. Our activity spans the whole of a medicine’s lifecycle. Diethylstilboestrol (DES) is an oestrogenic hormone formerly used in the treatment o...

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