Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13158

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024, what assessme

Answer

The impact of sodium valproate on families affected by fetal valproate syndrome in Northern Ireland is a transferred matter and is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive, therefore an assessment has not been made by the Department of Health ...

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