Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76301
Diethylstilbestrol
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Mohammad Yasin
Labour — Bedford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish an independent inquiry into the historic prescribing of Diethylstilbestrol.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe issue of diethylstilbesterol (DES) and vaginal carcinoma in the daughters of women who took DES during pregnancy was reviewed by the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) in the early 1970s. In 1973, the CSM wrote to all doctors to inform them of the...
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