Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase awareness of postural tachycardia syndrome and (b) ensure that the condition is not (i) damagingly missed or (ii) misdiagnosed as anxiety or chronic fatigue syndrome.

General practitioners (GPs) have been provided with guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on postural tachycardia syndrome. GPs are asked to investigate symptoms to ensure that it is not misdiagnosed. Following referral, patients are treated within National Health Service cardiology and neurology services. Where more specialist advice is required, a referral will be made to an appropriate clinician.