Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79786

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase capacity in and (b) reduce inequalities in levels of access to respiratory diagnoses.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is committed to increasing the capacity of respiratory services and is improving access to these services through new community diagnostic centres (CDCs).All standard and large CDCs are required to offer diagnostic respiratory tests, such a...

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