Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81943

Bereavement Counselling

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work towards a national standard for a bereavement care pathway.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Wider bereavement support is commissioned locally, in accordance with the needs of the local population. NHS England has developed guidance to support integrated care boards with their duty to commission palliative care services within integrated care sys...

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