Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 111794

Lipoedema

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how lipoedema is classified within NICE guidance and NHS commissioning frameworks; and whether he plans to review the categorisation of lipoedema-related interventions to ensure they reflect clinic

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

Lipoedema services in England are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs), which are responsible for assessing the needs of their local populations and determining the most appropriate services to support people with long‑term conditions suc...

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