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Nurses: Hazardous Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health outcomes and (b) long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products; and

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
11 Nov 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health outcomes and (b) long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products; and

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has not commissioned any research on the reproductive health outcomes or long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products. No assessment has been made of the cost to the National Health ...

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