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Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder: Health Services

Commons · Question 60064 · Tabled 16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

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Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled children between the ages of 16 and 18 with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome receive the full amount of care that was provided du

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Jun 2025

Everyone who has been harmed by sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies.NHS England recognises that healthcare transition should be need and complexity based, not managed solely on diagnosis or what is routinely provided. Its Children and Young People...