Written questions

Palliative Care: Staff

Commons · Question 94384 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that England has a palliative care workforce able to cope with increases in demand for end of life care.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Dec 2025

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.  The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has...