Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111792

Lipoedema

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether lipoedema has a diagnostic code within NHS data systems; what steps he is taking to improve the collection of data on prevalence, diagnosis and outcomes for people with lipoedema; and what

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Lipoedema does not currently have a unique standalone diagnostic code within the National Health Service’s primary coding systems. In clinical practice, it is often recorded under broader World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases ...

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