Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to findings in the Cystic Fibrosis Trust report entitled UK Cystic Fibrosis Service Resourcing 2020 to 2022, published in March 2023, on the availability of access to full multidisciplinary teams at cystic fibrosis centres, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cystic fibrosis centres have fully staffed multidisciplinary teams.

NHS England’s adult and paediatric cystic fibrosis service specifications sets out national standards for cystic fibrosis services, including guidance on the composition of multi-disciplinary teams.

Service specifications are contractual documents between commissioners and providers. However, they do not mandate the number of staff in a multi-disciplinary team, as that is determined by the local trust according to the size of the service and the needs of the patient population.