Question follow-through · 89662
Palliative Care: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning children's palliative care at (a) national and (b) regional levels.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning children's palliative care at (a) national and (b) regional levels.
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
Palliative care services, including for children, are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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