Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS Long Term Plan improves the (a) healthcare options and (b) support for people with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Under the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service remains committed to improving access to elective care. Sufficient funds have been allocated over the current five year periord to expand the amount of planned surgery year on year, cut long waits and reduce the size of the waiting list.

NHS England has no plans to develop any specific guidance on treatment for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome at this time.