Sodium Valproate: Health Services
Commons · Question 106964 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether conditions arising from sodium valproate exposure are consistently recognised and coded within NHS diagnostic systems.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 4 Feb 2026
The National Health Service in England collects data on patients suffering adverse effects of medication and on drug poisoning. While adverse conditions arising from sodium valproate would be captured in this data, the data does not go to the level to ide...