Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106968
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026
Question
Bob Blackman
Conservative — Harrow East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of international no-fault compensation schemes for medicine-induced harm, including those in New Zealand, Sweden and Denmark, in rel
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department’s consideration of the Hughes Report’s recommendations for redress for those harmed by sodium valproate will take account of how other countries have chosen to approach this issue.This is a complex, cross-Government policy area involving mu...
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