Hospices: Children
Commons · Question 73774 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's funding for children’s hospices.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 Sep 2025
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, including from children’s hospices, to meet the need...