Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96316
NHS: Hazardous Substances
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans make an assessment of the use of (a) fibrous forms of talc, (b) tremolite and (c) actinolite in products used by the NHS.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedFrom a medicines perspective, additives in medicines, termed excipients, are required to comply with the standards laid down in pharmacopeial monographs and can only be included in medicinal products at levels that are considered to be safe.The Medicines ...
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