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Diethylstilbestrol: Medical Records

Commons · Question 13119 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

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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

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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...