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Diethylstilbestrol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training healthcare professionals are given on the impacts of diethylstilbestrol.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training healthcare professionals are given on the impacts of diethylstilbestrol.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    On 12 December 2025, Professor Peter Johnson, the National Clinical Director for Cancer, sent a letter to all cancer alliances highlighting the effects of diethylstilbestrol (DES). The message was meant for healthcare professionals, including general prac...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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