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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2025. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Thursday, 18 December 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Medical Devices: Community Diagnostic Centres

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres have spirometry equipment.

Answer

As of December 2025, community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are now delivering additional tests and checks on 170 sites across the country.

Spirometry with bronchodilator response is a minimum test requirement of all standard and large CDCs. It is therefore expected that all fully operational standard and large CDCs offer this service.

CDC programme funded diagnostic test activity is reported from management information collected monthly. Spirometry test activity is included as part of the ‘other respiratory’ category. 307,866 ‘other respiratory’ tests have been delivered between January 2025 and the end of October 2025, the latest published data. Spirometry is not recorded separately and so individual testing volumes are not held in the format requested. CDC management information, including a list of tests categorised under the ‘other respiratory’ grouping, can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/cdc-management-information/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
98762
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Screening Community diagnostic centres Medical devices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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