Written questions

Palliative Care: Children

Commons · Question 41767 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hold integrated care boards to account for meeting their statutory duty and implementing policy frameworks on children’s palliative care.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Apr 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, including for children and young people, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published...