Question follow-through · 116206
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 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
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England, for publication later this year.The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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