Question follow-through · 44780
Palliative Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme applies a currency model to commission (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme applies a currency model to commission (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care services.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2025
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 28 Sept 2026.
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