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...