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Lipoedema: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS diagnosis and treatment pathways for lipoedema.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS diagnosis and treatment pathways for lipoedema.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    The refreshed Women’s Health Strategy will play a central role in improving outcomes for women living with long‑term conditions like lipoedema by addressing the systemic barriers that have historically contributed to delayed diagnosis, variability in care...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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