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Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of variation in funding hospices receive across England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of variation in funding hospices receive across England.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure that patients and their fami...

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