Written questions

Palliative Care

Commons · Question 102793 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he is drawing on the work of the Independent Palliative Care Commission to develop the strategy for the delivery of palliative care.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 Jan 2026

We welcome the independent scrutiny by the Independent Palliative Care Commission. I met the Hon. Member for York Central and Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to discuss the commission’s first report of three and formally responded to that report last year.The...