Palliative Care: Children
Commons · Question 64234 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards (a) commission children’s palliative care and (b) fund children’s hospices in (i) an equitable and (ii) a sustainable way.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 7 Jul 2025
Palliative care services, including children’s palliative care services, are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising pall...