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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework for England. I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087, which I gave to the House on 24 November 2025. The early identification of som...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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