Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to commission research into postural tachycardia syndrome; and whether he plans to take steps to commission further research into postural tachycardia syndrome.

The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Since 2018, the NIHR has not funded specific research into postural tachycardia syndrome. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. It is not usual practice for the NIHR to ring-fence a proportion of its budget for research into particular conditions and there are no current plans to commission specific research for postural tachycardia syndrome.