Asthma: Medical Treatments

(asked on 7th May 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with a diagnosis of asthma have access to the medication required to deal with that condition.


Answered by
Seema Kennedy Portrait
Seema Kennedy
This question was answered on 13th May 2019

As set out in the Long Term Plan, pharmacists in primary care networks will undertake a range of medicine reviews for asthma patients, including – patient education on inhaler use; encouraging uptake of dry powder inhalers where clinically appropriate; and the uptake of new smart inhalers and other treatments as clinically indicated.

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