Palliative Care: Community Health Services
(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to recent trends in the demand for palliative and end of life care in the community.
This question was answered on 26th September 2022
Palliative and end of life care services are commissioned by integrated care boards (ICBs) to meet the needs of the local population. NHS England has recently published statutory guidance to support ICBs in the duties under the Health and Care Act 2022, including the provision of palliative care, with explicit reference to community approaches and service provision in community settings.