Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patients with asthma receive the right medication.

The NHS mandate for 2015-16 says that every patient with a long-term condition, including asthma and other respiratory conditions, should be offered a personalised care action plan. They and their families or carers should know the right medications to use at the right times and how to use them, and to understand the importance of monitoring their condition and how to do this.