Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30387

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Abtisam Mohamed

LabourSheffield Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pulmonary fibrosis treatment in England.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...

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