Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

(asked on 16th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recent World Health Organisation updates and the addition of fetal valproate spectrum disorder to the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, what steps he is taking to (a) integrate that disorder into treatment and (b) ensure its diagnosis on the NHS.


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Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 20th October 2020

NHS England currently does not provide specialised treatment or a diagnostic service for patients suffering with symptoms of fetal valproate syndrome - treatment and diagnosis are integrated into existing services.

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