Ms Julie Minns

Ms Julie Minns

Labour — Carlisle

Speaking in the House of Commons on 5 March 2026

Debate

Palliative Care

Contribution

My hon. Friend raises an important point about the NHS. In my limited but painful experience of hospices, one problem is that even when there is a hospice bed available, NHS staff do not refer end-of-life patients to the hospice because the palliative team is 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. Does he agree that we have to get to a point where palliative support in our NHS is available 24/7 so that those referrals can take place?

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