Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

(asked on 10th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support the adults and children harmed by sodium valproate in pregnancy and who suffer from health issues as a consequence of that medication.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 1st March 2022

Multidisciplinary teams within local child development centres manage services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders to ensure assessment, support and treatment, including specialist treatment, are integrated across health, maternity, education and social care systems.

The National Health Service has commissioned the Paediatric Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group to support the development of pathways of care service specification to improve patient support and co-ordination. A multi-disciplinary expert clinical group with experience in responding to and managing teratogen exposure has been established. The Group will report its recommendations to NHS England and NHS Improvement in March 2022.

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