Written questions

Palliative Care: Children

Commons · Question 92506 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his department uses to ensure integrated care boards commission children’s palliative care services effectively and in accordance with national quality standards.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 11 Dec 2025

The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework for England. I refer the Hon. Member for Leicester South and the Rt. Hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087 I ...