§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to include skin diseases in the Department of Health's range of recognised chronic conditions. [173925]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department is working with the national health service to develop a strategy on chronic disease, the aim of which will be to help people with such conditions healthy. The strategy will not aim to give official recognition to particular conditions as being chronic, but will focus initially on providing case management for people with complex needs and on developing care support to help people take control of their own conditions.