Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 21 November 2025.
Suella Braverman
Conservative, Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat, Honiton and Sidmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Phil Brickell
Labour, Bolton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Peter Bedford
Conservative, Mid Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.
Stephen Kinnock
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department and NHS England are currently looking at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all-age palliative care and end of life care in line with the 10-Year Health Plan.
Additionally, we are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for eligible adult and children’s hospices in England to ensure they have the best physical environment for care.
We are also providing £26 million in revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26. I am pleased to confirm the continuation of circa £26 million, adjusted for inflation, for the next three financial years, 2026/27 to 2028/29 inclusive, to be distributed again via integrated care boards. This amounts to approximately £80 million over the next three years.
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