Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111793

Lipoedema

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 23 February 2026

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training and guidance is provided to GPs and other frontline clinicians on recognising and managing lipoedema; and whether he plans to review undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing profess

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Doctors are responsible for maintaining their clinical knowledge, including on lipoedema, throughout their careers, and are responsible for identifying learning needs as part of their continuing professional development.All doctors registered in the Unite...

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