Written questions

Palliative Care: Finance

Commons · Question 9729 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing a universal palliative care service.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Oct 2024

No estimate has been made of the cost to the public purse of providing a universal palliative care service. It is difficult to quantify the total provision of, or spend on, palliative and end of life care at either a national or local integrated care boar...