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Hospices: Waiting Lists

Commons · Question 6543 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department (a) collects and (b) holds on the number of people waiting for places in hospices run by charitable organisations.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Nov 2024

We want a society where every person, as well as their families and carers, receives high-quality, compassionate care, from diagnosis through to end of life.I recently met NHS England and discussions have begun on how to reduce inequalities and variation ...