Silicosis: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 90003 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Margaret Mullane
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
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 19 Nov 2025
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 ...