Question follow-through · 4775

Steroid Drugs: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department maintains data on the number of hospital admissions linked to anabolic steroid use and related complications.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
30 Jun 2026 · 32 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department maintains data on the number of hospital admissions linked to anabolic steroid use and related complications.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Department collects data, through the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS), on the number of people in structured substance misuse treatment, including those reporting a problem with anabolic steroids and other image and performance enhan...

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