Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86075

Palliative Care: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Tabled: 28 October 2025

Answered: 12 November 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who need it have access to palliative care services in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

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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