Question follow-through · 1058

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions have taken place with other key players to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be effective.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions have taken place with other key players to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will be effective.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 May 2026

    Answer published

    We will publish an interim update on the Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care shortly. The final MSF will be published this autumn.The MSF will provide a clinically-led, evidence-based framework to support sustained impr...

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