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Sodium Valproate: Health Services

Commons · Question 106960 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure cumulative drug toxicity and polypharmacy risks are actively monitored in people prescribed sodium valproate.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 29 Jan 2026

There are established systems within the National Health Service to ensure that cumulative drug toxicity and polypharmacy risks are actively monitored in people prescribed sodium valproate. In practice, this involves establishing arrangements for assessin...