Question follow-through · 907239
Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure specialist emotional and practical support is available for parents caring for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Gynaecology: Waiting Lists · 1 Sept 2026
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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
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure specialist emotional and practical support is available for parents caring for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jan 2026
Answer published
We recognise the challenges families caring for a seriously ill child face, which is why NHS England have published statutory guidance and service specifications on commissioning children’s palliative care and end of life care. This specifically reference...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce waiting times for gynaecological care.