Question follow-through · 95290
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients with overlapping conditions such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Long Covid, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Postura
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- Answering body
- 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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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients with overlapping conditions such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Long Covid, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Postura
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department recognises the complex needs of people living with overlapping conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), long COVID, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility spectrum disorders, postural tachycardia syndro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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NHS England: Health Services
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5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England issues internal guidance to staff on the use of language in planning documents to avoid ambiguity about whether requirements are mandatory.
NHS England: Health Services
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