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Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 28491 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Feb 2025

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Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the cost to the public purse for the treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in accordance with the NICE Quality Standard QS204 in each of the last fi

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Feb 2025

The Department does not collect information on the numbers and proportion of patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) because it is not possible to specifically classify FASD within the National Health Service dataset. FASD is an umbrella term...