Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure early diagnosis and referrals to specialist care for patients with lipodystrophy.

In 2012, Cambridge University Hospital was commissioned as a single Highly Specialised Service for Severe Insulin Resistance service which can assess, provide assistance with diagnosis, and treat patients with generalised or partial lipodystrophy.

Based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the National Severe Insulin Resistance Service provides a multidisciplinary NHS service for patients with severe insulin resistance and / or lipodystrophy from across England. The service supports both adult and paediatric patients.

Patients who meet the relevant criteria can be referred to the service by their treating clinician. A copy of Information for referring clinicians, including details of the referral criteria, is attached.