Hereditary Diseases: Medical Treatments

(asked on 1st December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment provision for people diagnosed with Alström syndrome.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 6th December 2017

NHS England and its predecessor have commissioned the Alström Syndrome Service (for all ages) since April 2009 at two centres including the Birmingham Women and Children’s Hospital (for paediatric service) and the University Hospitals of Birmingham (for the adult service). These two centres work together, including on transition planning and work in line with the Alström service specification.

There are currently 74 patients on the caseload. NHS England’s Highly Specialised Commissioning team conducts an annual clinical audit meeting with the multidisciplinary team from both providers and the patient group Alström Syndrome UK, the last was held in March 2017.

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