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Children: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment pathways for (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS patients.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
28 Nov 2024
Answer
3 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 26 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment pathways for (a) PANS and (b) PANDAS patients.

  2. 28 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Department recognises the importance of raising awareness of rare diseases such as paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) among hea...

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