Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98763

Medical Equipment: Community Diagnostic Centres

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people received spirometry testing in community diagnostic centres in 2025.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As of December 2025, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are now delivering additional tests and checks on 170 sites across the country.Spirometry with bronchodilator response is a minimum test requirement of all standard and large CDCs. It is therefore e...
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