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
Labour — Lancaster 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 DaltonEveryone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. The information requested is not held centrally.