Question follow-through · 83430

Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to help ensure that health (a) boards and (b) trusts (i) collect and (ii) publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
22 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to help ensure that health (a) boards and (b) trusts (i) collect and (ii) publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Activity and waiting times for the main respiratory tests, for instance spirometry and lung function tests, are not included in the National Diagnostic Activity and Waiting Times Collection.However, NHS England undertakes a number of internal assurance da...

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