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Palliative Care: Liverpool

Lords · Question HL3282 · 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 whether NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is meeting its statutory duty to commission palliative and end-of-life care according to population need; and what action they will take if evidence show

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...