Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74482

Palliative Care: South Suffolk

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to undertake a comprehensive review of the (a) planning, (b) commissioning and (c) funding of children’s palliative care in South Suffolk.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Palliative care services, including for children, are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs), including the Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, must commission.To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory gu...
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