Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the National Quality Strategy for health and social care.

The new National Quality Strategy is focused on driving improvements in healthcare and health outcomes. It will provide a framework designed to be relevant across the whole healthcare system. It does not set out specific standards or requirements for particular services, sectors, patient cohorts, or conditions.

However, the Strategy will set out the supporting context and evidence across all domains of quality, which includes respiratory disease as a major contributor to premature mortality. The Strategy is currently being finalised, and we anticipate publication in the coming months.