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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the current palliative care strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
4 Dec 2025
Answer
15 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the current palliative care strategy.

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England.The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and will enable integrated care boar...

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