Care Homes and Palliative Care: Drugs
Commons · Question 49329 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to (a) palliative care medicines and (b) controlled drugs for patients in care homes.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 May 2025
Under the Enhanced health in care homes framework, every care home must be aligned to a primary care network (PCN) and must have established protocols between the PCN, the care home, and system partners, such as local general practices and pharmacies, for...