Question follow-through · 86073
Hospices: Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of the local population in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 15 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
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospice contracts reflect the (a) cost of the services they provide and (b) needs of the local population in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs, including the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB, which covers the Harpe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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