Palliative Care: Staff
Commons · Question 9728 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the workforce requirements for (a) palliative and (b) end of life care; and if he will develop a workforce plan for such care.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Oct 2024
We will want to assure ourselves that the National Health Service has access to the workforce it needs in the years ahead to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We will need to do this in light of the 10-Y...