Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
Commons · Question 60057 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals to distribute the pregnancy prevention program for people prescribed Sodium Valproate.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), taking advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), has worked to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and patients of the risks of valproate when taken during pregnancy thr...