Hospices: Contracts
Commons · Question 83399 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that hospice contracts reflect the cost of (a) the services they provide and (b) the needs of their local populations.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 27 Oct 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative care and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service spec...