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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to improve training and clinical awareness of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome among GPs and primary care clinicians to support earlier recognition and referral.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to improve training and clinical awareness of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome among GPs and primary care clinicians to support earlier recognition and referral.

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Department recognises that Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are complex, multi-systemic conditions that can be challenging to diagnose. While no formal assessment of average diagnosis times has been made, the Department is aware that many patients experi...

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