PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(15 October 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the CDC guidance in the US and (b) other international models for management of Diethylstilbestrol exposure.

Asked by:
Jessica Toale (Labour)

The Department has not undertaken any specific assessment of the potential implications for its policies of guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States or other international models for the management of exposure to diethylstilbestrol.

The Department works closely with various expert United Kingdom bodies, recognised and widely respected internationally for their excellence, and bases policies on evidence provided by national authorities such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

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