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
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- Answering body
- 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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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
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
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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