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Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with other NHS bodies, such as local integrated care boards, on the development of the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with other NHS bodies, such as local integrated care boards, on the development of the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.

  2. 19 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    We have been engaging with a range of stakeholders, from around 70 organisations, to inform the development of the Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End of Life Care. This includes the Ambitions Partnership and NHS Alliance. We are also und...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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