Question follow-through · 107366
Sodium Valproate: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Minister for the Cabinet Office to help tackle the harm caused by sodium valproate to (a) women with epilepsy and (b) their families.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Minister for the Cabinet Office to help tackle the harm caused by sodium valproate to (a) women with epilepsy and (b) their families.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies.Action has been taken to minimise the risk associated with valproate to women with epilepsy, and their families. This includes the valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme, whic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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