Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) adult and (b) paediatric NHS hospitals receive Mast Cell Activation Syndrome patients with a GP referral.

Care for patients with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in an outpatient setting is provided by local allergy clinics, available in most hospitals. These services are commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups.

A list of allergy clinics can be obtained from the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology at:

http://www.bsaci.org/professionals/allergy-specialists

The Royal College of Physician’s Improving Quality in Allergy Services scheme:

www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/improving-quality-allergy-services