Question follow-through · 99734
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been made for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as part of the Targeted Lung Health Checks programme; and what regional variation there has been in chronic obstructive p
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been made for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as part of the Targeted Lung Health Checks programme; and what regional variation there has been in chronic obstructive p
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jan 2026
Answer published
The data requested is not available centrally. To enable faster diagnosis and earlier access to treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, access to spirometry tests in community diagnostic centres (CDCs) is growing and will continue to do so as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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