Question follow-through · 87941
Hospices: Contracts
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 their local populations.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 22 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
4 Nov 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 their local populations.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning palliative care services to meet the reasonable needs of their population, which can include hospice services available within the ICB catchment. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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