Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60059

Congenital Abnormalities and Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

Cat Smith

LabourLancaster and Wyre

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Syndrome also have a diagnosis of (a) Spina Bifida, (b) neural tube defects, (c) Cardiac/heart malformations, (d) Kidney malformations and (e)

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. The information requested is not held centrally.