| Heading: |
Palliative Care: Children |
| Question ID: |
1790247 |
| UIN: |
42385 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
54 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Julian Lewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) mechanisms exist and (b) steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are accountable for their commissioning of children’s palliative care. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, including for children and young people, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |