Question follow-through · 71929
Asthma: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency inhalers with dosage counters were prescribed by the NHS in the latest period for which data is available; and what proportion of the total number of emergency inhalers prescribe
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency inhalers with dosage counters were prescribed by the NHS in the latest period for which data is available; and what proportion of the total number of emergency inhalers prescribe
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) produces official statistics on Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) which show the total volume and cost for drugs, dressings, appliances, and medical devices that have been dispensed in the community in England....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Care Homes and Health Services: Temperature
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) NHS hospitals, (b) GP surgeries and (c) care homes are resilient to extreme heat.
Health Services: Temperature
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of illnesses attributable to extreme heat.