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Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome have access to (a) specialist (i) clinicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) physiotherapists, (iv) oc

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome have access to (a) specialist (i) clinicians, (ii) nurses, (iii) physiotherapists, (iv) oc

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Services for people with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs). ICBs have a statutory responsibility to provide a health service to the local population, subject to local prioritisation and funding,...

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