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Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Monday, 15 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 January 2018. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Guy's hospital poisons unit on organophosphates in sheep dips.

Answer

In January 2017, Government officials met with representatives from Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals’ Toxicology Department to discuss how patients who participated in various studies conducted there in the early 1990s could access their test results.

During this meeting the extent of data relating to these studies that is still held was clarified, and several options for patients to gain access to their medical records were discussed. In concluding the meeting, officials agreed to produce very clear and concise instructions for how this could be done at minimal cost and share them with the group of patients concerned.

The above action was completed a few weeks later at the beginning of February 2017. Since that time there have been no further meetings with the hospital, but officials have been in occasional communication with staff in the Toxicology Department in response to feedback from some patients.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
122601
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Health hazards Organophosphates Sheep dipping
Link
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