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Diethylstilbestrol: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals known to have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero have that exposure recorded on their own NHS medical records, rather t

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals known to have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero have that exposure recorded on their own NHS medical records, rather t

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    I apologise unreservedly and express my sincere sympathy to all those affected by exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES), including those exposed in utero and their families. National Health Service records are held by individual NHS organisations and gener...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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