Question follow-through · 78574
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for medical staff on postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for medical staff on postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Nov 2025
Answer published
Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is diagnosed by a combination of general practitioners (GPs) and specialist clinicians. GPs can diagnose PoTS in many cases but, if they are unsure of symptoms, or if symptoms are complex, they will refer patients to s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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