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Hospices: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help fill staff vacancies in the hospice sector.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help fill staff vacancies in the hospice sector.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is going to shift the focus of healthcare out of the hospital and into the community, and we recognise that it is vital to include palliative and end of life care, including hospices, in this shift.Whilst much palliative and end of life car...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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