Question follow-through · 20353

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether palliative and end of life care will prioritised in the new NHS 10-year plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
30 Dec 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether palliative and end of life care will prioritised in the new NHS 10-year plan.

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    We have committed to developing a 10-year plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. We will carefully be considering policies, including those that impact people with palliative and end of life care needs, with input from the public, p...

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