Question follow-through · 81322
Hospices: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs meet national requirements for hospice performance.
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs meet national requirements for hospice performance.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. The statutory guidance states that ICBs m...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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