Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16637

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 3 December 2024

Question

Paulette Hamilton

LabourBirmingham Erdington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of secondary care to support primary care with essential respiratory diagnostics.

Answer

Following a significant drop in the volume of spirometry during the pandemic, NHS England has already worked with a range of partners, including Asthma and Lung UK, the British Thoracic Society, the Association of Respiratory Technology and Physiology, an...

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