Health Services: Hazardous Substances
Commons · Question 84442 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) engineering controls, (b) biological safety cabinets and (c) closed-system drug-transfer devices during the (i) preparation and (ii) administration of h
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 30 Oct 2025
Where hazardous medicinal products (HMPs) are substances hazardous to health subject to The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) (COSHH) employers, including NHS Trusts, are required to comply with the requirements of th...