Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 6881

Palliative Care: Drugs

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to medicines for patients receiving (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Local integrated care boards (ICBs) can commission out-of-hours dispensing locally if there is a need for patients to access medicines outside of the core pharmacy hours, including as part of any palliative and end of life arrangements that the ICB is req...

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