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Sodium Valproate: Health Services

Asked by Bob BlackmanConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 February 2026UIN 106964

The question

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.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The 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 identify sodium valproate and is not aligned to coding within NHS diagnostic systems.

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