Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for asthma nurses to be upskilled in allergy care.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council sets the standards for nurse education and there are no mandated post registration education requirements for nurses working with people with asthma or allergies. Employers develop specialist roles to meet community and service need.

NHS England supports the development of nurses into such roles through our education budget which supports nurse education, for example by funding non-medical prescribing programmes. In addition, nurses working in the National Health Service have access to a personal continuing professional development budget of approximately £330 per year to enhance their development.