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Sodium Valproate: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason (a) Valproate redress and (b) interim payments are delayed.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason (a) Valproate redress and (b) interim payments are delayed.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex area of work, involving s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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