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.
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.