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Asthma: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 98764 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) testing for asthma diagnosis.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 14 Jan 2026

The Department is committed to improving access to fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) testing.FeNO testing is a recommended core test for any standard community diagnostic centre (CDC). Currently 112 CDC sites in England offer FeNO testing.In November...