Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106504

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Tabled: 19 January 2026

Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 22 December 2025 to question 99733, whether his Department has conducted analysis of the drivers for the 121,506 hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary dise

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has not conducted a specific assessment of the drivers of hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for 2024/25. In general, COPD is commonly worsened by smoking, occupational exposure, and poor air quality, and e...

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