§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for a national service framework for respiratory conditions. [163801]
§ Dr. LadymanThere are no plans for a national service framework (NSF) covering respiratory conditions.
The children's NSF will include childhood asthma as an exemplar condition.
The NSF for coronary heart disease already has a reduction in cigarette smoking as one of its major targets. We have also banned tobacco advertising and made smoking reduction aids available on national health service prescription.
Additionally the National Institute for Clinical Excellence issued clinical guidelines for the NHS on 27 February 2004 for the prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.