Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84445

Nurses: Hazardous Substances

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health outcomes and (b) long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products; and

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Government has not commissioned any research on the reproductive health outcomes or long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products. No assessment has been made of the cost to the National Health ...

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