Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83430

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Marie Goldman

Liberal DemocratChelmsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to help ensure that health (a) boards and (b) trusts (i) collect and (ii) publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Activity and waiting times for the main respiratory tests, for instance spirometry and lung function tests, are not included in the National Diagnostic Activity and Waiting Times Collection.However, NHS England undertakes a number of internal assurance da...

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