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Sodium Valproate: Compensation

Commons · Question 53082 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 May 2025

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Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 51501 on Sodium Valproate: Compensation, which Government departments he is having discussions with on developing a timetable for implementation of

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 May 2025

The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for financial and non-financial redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. Department offi...