Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 104341

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

Tabled: 8 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

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

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are increasing capacity and access to respiratory diagnostic tests such as spirometry and fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and will continue to do so as more sites come online. For example, the first five months of 2025...

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