Question follow-through · 24426
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emergency admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emergency admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2025
Answer published
Respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term plan and the National Health Service is investing in the provision of more and better rehabilitation services for respiratory pa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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