Written questions

Palliative Care: Children

Commons · Question 53380 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

Question

Asked by Margaret Mullane

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS 10-Year Plan reflects the specific (a) workforce, (b) training and (c) capacity needs of children's palliative care services.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 May 2025

As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we have been carefully considering policies, including those that impact people with palliative care and end of life care needs, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and stakeholders.The...