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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility: Health Services

Commons · Question 126978 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

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Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating (a) Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and (b) hypermobility spectrum disorders with overlapping conditions such as (i) Postural Orthostati

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Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 20 Apr 2026

The Government recognises that hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), and overlapping conditions such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndro...