Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107899

Lipoedema: Health Services

Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered adopting approaches to lipoedema treatment used by other European countries, like Germany and Spain.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Women with lipoedema can face a number of barriers to seeking diagnosis and referral, including long waits, misdiagnosis, often as obesity or lymphoedema, and low awareness of the condition among both the public and some healthcare professionals. These fa...

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