Coronavirus: Palliative Care

(asked on 17th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards on care of dying adults in the last days of life and the guidance in the June 2014 One Chance to Get it Right report, what plans he has for palliative care provision during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 25th March 2020

Ensuring the continued provision of high-quality personalised palliative and end of life care, as laid out in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards and the 2014 One Chance to Get it Right report, is a key aspect of the national response to COVID-19.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are working closely with the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, clinicians and people with lived experience to limit disruption to current service provision and patient experience, whilst also planning for any additional capacity that is required.

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