Question follow-through · 14897

Hospices: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) funding and (b) National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on hospices.

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 18 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 21 Nov 2024
Answer: 26 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) funding and (b) National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on hospices.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2024
Answer published
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part tha...

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