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Hospices: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospices in (a) South Shropshire constituency and (b) the West Midlands receive (i) adequate and (ii) sustainable funding.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospices in (a) South Shropshire constituency and (b) the West Midlands receive (i) adequate and (ii) sustainable funding.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Palliative care services are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs), including those in Shropshire and the wider West Midlands, must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in p...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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