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Palliative Care: Finance

Asked by Paulette HamiltonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 67166

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of current funding on palliative care on an assisted dying service.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

I refer the Hon. Member to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: impact assessment, which considers the resourcing implications of an assisted dying service on palliative and end of life care services.

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