Question follow-through · 113211
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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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
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2026
Answer published
To improve referral rates for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), NHS England has issued detailed guidance to integrated care boards on strengthening PR workforce capacity, ensuring safe staffing levels, and developing accessible service models to reduce healt...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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