Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 70416

Sodium Valproate

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

John Glen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68387 on Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consistent and (b) effective implementation o

Answer

Karin Smyth

NHS England has worked collaboratively with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on the safer use of valproate containing medicines and there have been several steps to ensure that integrated care boards (ICBs) lead the implement...

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