Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks

(asked on 23rd November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to improve awareness of the health implications of drinking during pregnancy.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 1st December 2015

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is overseeing a United Kingdom-wide review of all alcohol guidelines so that people can make informed choices about their drinking at all stages of their lives.


The Guidelines Development Group, a group of independent experts, was tasked with developing the lower-risk drinking guidelines for the UK CMOs to consider. The group have researched and developed a proposal on the guidelines, including a UK wide approach for guidance on alcohol and pregnancy. We will be consulting on these shortly.


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