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
Labour — Dagenham 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 DaltonThe 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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