Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13959

Palliative Care: Children

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 6 July 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has regarding the commissioning of children's palliative care services at a national or a regional level.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Earlier this year, NHS England wrote to all integrated care boards (ICBs) requesting an update on the financial stability of hospices in their footprint and the steps being taken to mitigate risks, as a matter of urgency. We have now repeated this exercis...

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