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Medical Equipment: Community Diagnostic Centres

Commons · Question 98762 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres have spirometry equipment.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Dec 2025

As of December 2025, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are now delivering additional tests and checks on 170 sites across the country.Spirometry with bronchodilator response is a minimum test requirement of all standard and large CDCs. It is therefore e...