Diethylstilbestrol: Medical Records
Commons · Question 13119 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals known to have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero have that exposure recorded on their own NHS medical records, rather t
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 29 Jun 2026
I apologise unreservedly and express my sincere sympathy to all those affected by exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES), including those exposed in utero and their families. National Health Service records are held by individual NHS organisations and gener...