Written questions

Asthma: Medical Equipment

Commons · Question 62444 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the installation of dosage counters in all NHS-provided emergency asthma inhalers.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Jul 2025

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) understands the term “emergency asthma inhalers” in this context to refer to reliever inhalers containing short-acting beta agonist (SABA) licensed for the rapid relief of symptoms during acut...