Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101054

Palliative Care

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Liz Jarvis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proposed Modern Service Frameworks for palliative and end of life care will mandate Integrated Care Boards to commission hospice services in an equitable way.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework (MSF) for England. The MSF will drive improvements in the services that patients and their families receive at the end of life and enable integrated care boards (...

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