Question follow-through · 113215
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a) clinical outcomes for patients, (b) NHS emergency admission rates
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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 estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a) clinical outcomes for patients, (b) NHS emergency admission rates
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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24 Feb 2026
Answer published
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a clinically proven intervention that improves outcomes and reduces hospital admissions for people with chronic respiratory conditions. Health Education England reported in 2022 that increasing access to PR for people with...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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