Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 99089
Steroid Drugs: Skin Diseases
Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Question
Richard Quigley
Labour — Isle of Wight West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve recognition of topical steroid withdrawal and (b) ensure that NHS clinicians are able to diagnose that condition accurately.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reviewed topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) reactions and first communicated about these reactions in September 2021 through our Drug Safety Update (DSU), which is widely disseminated among ...
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