Question follow-through · 111359
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding the full cost of specialist palliative care delivered by hospices.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding the full cost of specialist palliative care delivered by hospices.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning core and specialist palliative care services to meet the reasonable needs of their population, which can include hospice services available within the ICB catchment. To support ICBs in this d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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