Palliative Care: Health Services
Commons · Question 92732 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of palliative care needs.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Dec 2025
Early identification of someone who has palliative and end of life care needs is vital. There are tools to aid clinicians in identifying those approaching the end of life, for example the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool and the EARLY toolki...