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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration the Department has given to end-of-life decision-making in cases involving progressive loss of capacity, including advanced dementia.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
4 Feb 2026
Answer
5 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration the Department has given to end-of-life decision-making in cases involving progressive loss of capacity, including advanced dementia.

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    We recognise that high-quality palliative care and end-of-life care should include the opportunity for individuals to discuss their wishes and preferences so that these can be taken fully into account in the provision of their future care, also known as a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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