Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85710

Palliative Care

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Martin Vickers

ConservativeBrigg and Immingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on improving the (a) access, (b) quality and (c) sustainability of palliative and end of life care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications.  The statutory guidance states that ICBs, ...

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