Question follow-through · 49692
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures on reforming funding allocations for (a) palliative and (b) other end of life care services in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Palliative Care: Finance · 1 May 2025
- Healthy Start Scheme · 11 Jun 2025
- Health Services: Rural Areas · 1 Sept 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care: Disability · 2 Sept 2025
- Mechanical Thrombectomy · 9 Dec 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures on reforming funding allocations for (a) palliative and (b) other end of life care services in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 May 2025
Answer published
The Spending Review is underway. We are, however, already supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices in England, to ensure they have the best physical environment for care, and £26 million of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Palliative Care: Finance
1 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has has with relevant stakeholders on the provision of sustainable funding for transforming (a) palliative and (b) end of life care services.
Healthy Start Scheme
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) South West Norfolk constituency.
Health Services: Rural Areas
1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to implement the guidance entitled The government’s approach to rural proofing 2025, published on 15 May 2025.
Department of Health and Social Care: Disability
2 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with disabilities were employed in his Department on 2 September 2025.
Mechanical Thrombectomy
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide universal, 24/7 thrombectomy access across England by April 2026.
Nurses: Recruitment
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of nurses graduating from nursing degree courses in the UK find employment within the NHS during the first year after qualifying.
NHS: Drugs
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether non-animal alternatives must be validated if they are being used to provide data on the safety and efficacy of potential new pharmaceuticals within submissions to the Medicines and Healthca
Mechanical Thrombectomy
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to achieve (a) universal and (b) 24/7 access to thrombectomy services.
Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to include (a) thrombectomy and (b) stroke rehabilitation in the Modern Service Framework for cardiovascular disease.
Strokes: Health Services
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps Department is taking to support people (a) at risk of stroke and (b) who have recently suffered strokes.
Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of progress towards delivering universal 24/7 access to thrombectomy services for stroke patients in England.
Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy
20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address (a) regional differences in out-of-hours provision of and (b) other regional differences in access to thrombectomy services for stroke patients.