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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve palliative care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve palliative care.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    Palliative care services are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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