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Hospices: Social and Community Care

Asked by Mr James FrithLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 6422

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the use of hospices in social and community care.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

We want a society where every person, their families, and carers, receive high-quality, compassionate care, from diagnosis through to end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure that patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and palliative and end of life care, including hospices, will have a big role to play in that shift.

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