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UIN 158024

Asthma

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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24 February 2021

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29 March 2021 · Answer

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29 March 2021

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department amended the definition of severe asthma sufferers as those who were formally shielding, regularly take steroid tablets or had ever had an emergency hospital admission

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  1. 24 February 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department amended the definition of severe asthma sufferers as those who were formally shielding, regularly take steroid tablets or had ever had an emergency hospital admission

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  2. 29 March 2021

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    People suffering from severe asthma are more likely to have had an emergency hospital admission or have taken oral steroids for a specified frequency. These criteria were behind the decision to include severe asthma sufferers as part of priority group six...

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