Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 83430 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Marie Goldman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to help ensure that health (a) boards and (b) trusts (i) collect and (ii) publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Oct 2025
Activity and waiting times for the main respiratory tests, for instance spirometry and lung function tests, are not included in the National Diagnostic Activity and Waiting Times Collection.However, NHS England undertakes a number of internal assurance da...