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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department and NHS England are currently looking at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million ca...

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