Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the variation in waiting times for patients referred to specialist interstitial lung disease centres.

Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning services for people with interstitial lung disease, enabling services to be planned around local needs and supporting more joined-up care. In some regions, hub-and-spoke models are being implemented to support clearer and faster referral pathways between local providers and specialist interstitial lung disease centres.