Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 104341 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) increase capacity for and (b) reduce inequalities in access to respiratory diagnosis.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 19 Jan 2026
Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are increasing capacity and access to respiratory diagnostic tests such as spirometry and fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and will continue to do so as more sites come online. For example, the first five months of 2025...