Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115251

Respiratory Diseases: Drugs and Innovation

Tabled: 23 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Science and Technology about the potential for a respiratory Modern Service Framework to strengthen the UK’s life sciences ecosystem

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Government will consider long-term conditions for future waves of modern service frameworks (MSFs), including respiratory conditions. The criteria for determining other conditions for future MSFs will be based on where there is potential for rapid and...

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