Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 4453
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 11 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Green
Liberal Democrat — Chesham and Amersham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of interstitial lung disease specialist centres, in the context of increased eligibility for antifibrotic treatment.
Answer
NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of interstitial lung disease (ILD) services and funds the high-cost, anti-fibrotic treatments. Access to these treatments was widened to people with non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with the publication o...
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