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Palliative Care: Disadvantaged

Commons · Question 37950 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Jas Athwal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in access to end of life care services.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Mar 2025

NHS England has published statutory guidance which outlines areas for consideration when commissioning palliative and end of life care services and, within this, there is reference to improving equity of access and reducing inequity in outcomes and experi...