Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82510
Diethylstilbestrol: Side Effects
Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025
Question
Jessica Toale
Labour — Bournemouth West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS screening programmes for the detection of gynaecological cancers linked to diethylstilbestrol exposure.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe NHS Cervical Screening Programme is the only gynaecological screening programme offered by the National Health Service. On its own, it cannot provide comprehensive care to women exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero. This is why the NHS Cervica...
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