Question follow-through · 83707
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to strengthen statutory guidance related to the legal duty to commission palliative care services included in the Health and Care Act 2022.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 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
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to strengthen statutory guidance related to the legal duty to commission palliative care services included in the Health and Care Act 2022.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 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 care and end of life care. To support ICB...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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