Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94082

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Admissions

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the 130,000 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospital admissions made each year.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Smoking is the number one preventable cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will be the biggest public health intervention since the indoor smoking ban in 2007 and will help deliver our ambition for a smoke-free...

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