Question follow-through · 10350
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve palliative care.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2024 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS England: Equality · 29 Oct 2024
- Dental Services: South Basildon and East Thurrock · 29 Oct 2024
- Palliative Care: South Basildon and East Thurrock · 29 Oct 2024
- Mental Health Services: Essex · 5 Nov 2024
- Health Services: Waiting Lists · 5 Nov 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve palliative care.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure that patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care services will have a b...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dental Services: South Basildon and East Thurrock
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Palliative Care: South Basildon and East Thurrock
29 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve palliative and end of life care in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
Mental Health Services: Essex
5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve mental health services in Essex.
Health Services: Waiting Lists
5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing waiting lists for planned care in Essex.
General Practitioners: Essex
5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of GPs in Essex.
NHS: Drugs and Medical Equipment
6 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure value for money in (a) medicines and (b) medical supplies in the NHS.
Defibrillators: Training
25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to educate the public about the (a) use and (b) availability of defibrillators.
CPR and Defibrillators: Training
25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve (a) cardiopulmonary resuscitation and (b) automated external defibrillator training for the public (i) in residential areas and (ii) generally.
Defibrillators
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Defibrillators
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Defibrillators
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