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Nurses: Hazardous Substances

Commons · Question 84445 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health outcomes and (b) long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products; and

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 11 Nov 2025

The Government has not commissioned any research on the reproductive health outcomes or long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products. No assessment has been made of the cost to the National Health ...