Question follow-through · 10925

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the public purse of meeting the target to cut unplanned hospital admissions and bed days of one or over by 10% for people at the end of life, as

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the public purse of meeting the target to cut unplanned hospital admissions and bed days of one or over by 10% for people at the end of life, as

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    It is widely recognised that reducing hospital admissions, and instead supporting patients in the community, is both more cost-effective, and, importantly, in line most with people’s preferences at the end of life.Recently published research from the Nati...

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