Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94384

Palliative Care: Staff

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that England has a palliative care workforce able to cope with increases in demand for end of life care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.  The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has...

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