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Asthma: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the severe asthma service specification in ensuring eligible severe asthma patients are able to access biologic medicines.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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

  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the severe asthma service specification in ensuring eligible severe asthma patients are able to access biologic medicines.

  2. 20 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England’s current severe asthma service specification is being revised by the Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group. The revised specification will support the management of patients who require further investigation and treatments, includi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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