Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106964
Sodium Valproate: Health Services
Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Question
Bob Blackman
Conservative — Harrow East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether conditions arising from sodium valproate exposure are consistently recognised and coded within NHS diagnostic systems.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe National Health Service in England collects data on patients suffering adverse effects of medication and on drug poisoning. While adverse conditions arising from sodium valproate would be captured in this data, the data does not go to the level to ide...
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