Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy William Aird - PQ 22445-26
Deputy Aird asked about national care pathway for lipoedema. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: March 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema has completed its work; when this care pathway is expected to be published, if she will confirm whether patient advocacy organisations (; including the Lipoedema Support Network Ireland) will be included in both the development and implementation of the pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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