Question follow-through · 18035
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what procedure central government funding is allocated to institutions providing hospice care.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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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
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what procedure central government funding is allocated to institutions providing hospice care.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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