Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55976

Thalidomide

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Andrew Cooper

LabourMid Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning a formal review into the historical handling of (a) thalidomide and (b) the long-term support provided to peop

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Thalidomide Health Grant exists to meet the health and wellbeing needs, present and future, of thalidomide survivors living in England.In 2023, the Department put in place a new four-year grant agreement with the Thalidomide Trust, to administer the g...

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