Palliative Care: Standards
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures to improve the quality of palliative and end of life care will be included in the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families receive the care they need when and where they need it, including those who need palliative and end of life care.
As part of the work to develop a 10-Year Health Plan, we have been carefully considering policies, including those that impact people with palliative and end of life care needs, with input from the public, patients, health staff, and our partners, including the hospice sector.
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