Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has has made of the potential merits of the development of a coeliac training programme for primary care physicians and other relevant healthcare professionals to improve understandings of the disease and support its diagnosis; and if he will make a statement.

No specific assessment has been made. The gastroenterology chapter of the Royal College of General Practitioners’ curriculum for general practitioners (GPs) in training addresses the treatment of coeliac disease. Additionally, the Royal College has made online resources are available on the topic and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines are tested in the Applied Knowledge Test assessment for GP training. Health Education England’s training programmes offer educational sessions on the Royal College’s curriculum for common gastroenterological conditions, which include coeliac disease assessment, investigation and management.