Question follow-through · 90843
Palliative Care: Community Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between hospital trusts, Integrated Care Boards and hospices to support patient transitions from hospital to community-based end-of-life
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Coeliac Disease: Children · 19 Nov 2025
- Palliative Care · 25 Nov 2025
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- Palliative Care: Staff · 25 Nov 2025
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Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between hospital trusts, Integrated Care Boards and hospices to support patient transitions from hospital to community-based end-of-life
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2025
Answer published
National Health Service bodies and local authorities have a duty to co-operate to provide appropriate discharge support according to local need to enable effective and timely discharge. This is of particular importance for individuals who may require pall...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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