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Palliative Care

Lords · Question HL3278 · 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 assessment they have made of the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman regarding delays in accessing out-of-hours clinical assessment, symptom control and end-of-life medicines.

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...