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Thalidomide: Health Services

Commons · Question 55975 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Thalidomide Health Grant in meeting the health and care needs of survivors as they age.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 9 Jun 2025

The Thalidomide Health Grant exists to meet the health and wellbeing needs, present and future, of thalidomide survivors living in England.In 2023, the Department put in place a new four-year grant agreement with the Thalidomide Trust, to administer the g...