Speeches

Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in each of the last five years.

David Mowat

This information is not collected.

Fibromyalgia UK has estimated that around 2.5 million people in the United Kingdom are affected by fibromyalgia based on a study conducted in 2010. The study is available at:

www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/372-survey-of-five-european-countries-prevalence-of-fibromyalgia