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Ehlers-danlos Syndrome: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment and training of specialists in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
11 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment and training of specialists in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    We recognise that doctors can find it challenging to diagnose Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) because of the wide range and variability of symptoms, and that the most common type, hypermobile EDS, currently has no specific genetic test.Resources such as the ...

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