Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94656

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnosis

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of diagnosis times for COPD.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
To enable faster diagnosis and earlier access to treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), access to spirometry tests in community diagnostic centres (CDCs) is growing and will continue to do so as more sites come online. The first five ...
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