Question follow-through · 82382
Palliative Care: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable provision of palliative care in England.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable provision of palliative care in England.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To sup...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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