Question follow-through · 85003
Ehlers-danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to create a pathway for NHS (a) diagnosis and (b) care for (i) hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility spectrum disorders.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to create a pathway for NHS (a) diagnosis and (b) care for (i) hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility spectrum disorders.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local population, including for those with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders. It is the responsi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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