Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30388

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 10 February 2025

Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnosis times for people with pulmonary fibrosis.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...

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