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Question follow-through · 3756

Folic Acid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 118172 on Folic Acid, for what reason people with (a) stents and (b) having kidney dialysis have been removed from the NHS list of people who cann

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
11 Jun 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 118172 on Folic Acid, for what reason people with (a) stents and (b) having kidney dialysis have been removed from the NHS list of people who cann

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The information on folic acid was shortened and simplified as part of the process of redesigning medicines information on the NHS website. The NHS website sets out that before taking folic acid, patients, which includes those with stents or receiving kidn...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Folic Acid

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Folic Acid

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Folic Acid

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Folic Acid

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Folic Acid

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Health Services: Waiting Lists

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Health Services: Waiting Lists

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