Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 90003

Silicosis: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Margaret Mullane

LabourDagenham and Rainham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve (a) early diagnosis and (b) treatment of silicosis in the NHS.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Government is committed to increasing the capacity of respiratory services and is improving access to these services through new community diagnostic centres (CDCs). All standard and large CDCs are required to offer diagnostic respiratory tests which ...

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