Question follow-through · 101054

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Modern Service Frameworks for palliative and end of life care will mandate Integrated Care Boards to commission hospice services in an equitable way.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 42 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Modern Service Frameworks for palliative and end of life care will mandate Integrated Care Boards to commission hospice services in an equitable way.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2026

    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 enable integrated care boards (...

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