Question follow-through · 99338

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
16 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 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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