PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Lung Diseases: Diagnosis (24 January 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve diagnosis rates for patients with respiratory illnesses other than covid-19.
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)
Answer
The National Health Service will build on the existing RightCare programme to reduce variation in the quality of spirometry testing. The Accelerated Access Collaborative is launching fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing to improve diagnosis of asthma. Targeted lung health checks are available to diagnose cancer and identify respiratory conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We have also announced £2.3 billion to increase the number of community diagnostic centres to provide access to physiological and imaging tests for the diagnosis of respiratory illnesses.
Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
27 January 2022
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