Question follow-through · 60064
Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled children between the ages of 16 and 18 with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome receive the full amount of care that was provided du
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled children between the ages of 16 and 18 with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome receive the full amount of care that was provided du
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Everyone who has been harmed by sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies.NHS England recognises that healthcare transition should be need and complexity based, not managed solely on diagnosis or what is routinely provided. Its Children and Young People...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children who have (a) been harmed by sodium valproate use during pregnancy and (b) received a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Spectrum.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
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