Question follow-through · 85554
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update families affected by sodium valproate on compensation following publication of the Hughes Report; and when families should expect to receive details of
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update families affected by sodium valproate on compensation following publication of the Hughes Report; and when families should expect to receive details of
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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