United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 158024
Asthma
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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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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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29 March 2021
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-24/158024
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1289452
- uk · wq-1289452 · source updated 29 March 2021