Danny Kinahan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Danny Kinahan on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual cost is of the health needs of UK thalidomide survivors.

George Freeman

In addition to using NHS services, thalidomide survivors have access to health grants in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The grants are administered by the Thalidomide Trust and allocations in 2015 are set out in the following table.

Allocations under the Thalidomide Health Grants in 2015