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Palliative Care: Aylesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services in Aylesbury constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care services in Aylesbury constituency.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 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, ...

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