Hospices: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his department has made in securing new funding for the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
The Modern Service Framework for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care was never intended to introduce new, ring‑fenced funding. Its primary purpose is to set the strategic direction for improving palliative care and end-of-life care, including reducing variation in access, quality, and outcomes across the system.
In the context of wider fiscal pressures, the focus is on ensuring that existing resources are used as effectively as possible, supported by a shift towards more strategic, population‑based commissioning.
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