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Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be supported by a) national accountability mechanisms and (b) sustainable funding to ensure equitable access to high-qu
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Standards · 14 May 2026
- Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Standards · 14 May 2026
- Healthwatch · 2 Jun 2026
- Bile Duct Cancer · 8 Jun 2026
- Bile Duct Cancer: Research · 8 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be supported by a) national accountability mechanisms and (b) sustainable funding to ensure equitable access to high-qu
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care will provide a clinically led, evidence-based framework to support sustained improvement in patient and carer outcomes, including reducing both inequality and unwarranted variatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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