Palliative Care
Lords · Question HL3279 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Storey
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a national standard requiring every integrated care system to demonstrate that people receiving palliative and end-of life care can obtain timely clinical assessment, appropriate medication
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 16 Sep 2026
The Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is working with the Cheshire and Merseyside Hospice Collaborative to develop a longer-term sustainability strategy, aligned to a wider, population needs-based commissioning strategy.More widely, we are dev...