Question follow-through · 5671
Diethylstilbestrol: Side Effects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness of DES-related risks (a) among general practitioners and (b) within medical education.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness of DES-related risks (a) among general practitioners and (b) within medical education.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department is working with NHS England to improve awareness of the risks associated with in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). National Health Service cervical screening guidance states that women who know or believe they were exposed to DES ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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