Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 84444
Hazardous Substances: Health Professions
Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing (a) education, (b) training and (c) health surveillance for all staff who (i) handle and (ii) may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.
Answer
Sir Stephen Timms Where hazardous medicinal products (HMPs) are substances hazardous to health within the meaning of The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) (COSHH), every employer is required to provide that employee with suitable and ...
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