Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75885

Hospices: Children

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure integrated care boards publish data on funding for children’s hospices.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Palliative care services, including for children, are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications.Whilst the maj...
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