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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice care services across England are sufficiently funded; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an ageing population on d

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospice care services across England are sufficiently funded; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an ageing population on d

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people at end of life ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the upcoming increase to employers National Insurance contributions on hospices.

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Domestic Waste and Fly-tipping: Health Hazards

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) fly-tipping and (b) uncollected rubbish on public health.

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Domestic Waste: Birmingham

22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the accumulation of waste during the Birmingham bin strikes on public health.

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Antimicrobial Resistance: Casualties

25 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of repatriating patients with antimicrobial resistance from conflict zones on (a) UK citizens and (b) the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Armed Conflict

25 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations he is making for the potential impact of conflict abroad on the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Disease Control

30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK’s health security against (a) malaria, (b) tuberculosis and (c) HIV/AIDS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services and Social Services: Aldridge-Brownhills

20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of older people with unmet health and care needs in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Palliative Care: Finance

20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, published on 11 June 2025, whether he considered increasing revenue funding for end of life care as part of the Spending Review.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Waste Disposal: Birmingham

30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the UK Health Security Agency is taking through Strategic Commissioning Group to support Birmingham City Council in tackling the public health risks associated with household waste.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Palliative Care: Finance

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 61535 on Palliative Care: Finance, what discussions he plans to have with the hospice sector on the allocation of funding for (a) palliative and (b

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Palliative Care: Finance

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling he undertook during the Spending Review process for funding for the (a) palliative and (b) end of life care sectors for (i) 2025-26, (ii) 2026-27 and (iii) 2027-28.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Health Services: West Midlands

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to care in the community in the West Midlands.