Committee publication · Correspondence · 14 January 2025
Correspondence from the Chair to the SoS relating to palliative care
From: Health and Social Care Committee
Inquiry: Palliative Care
Summary
Letter from the Health and Social Care Committee Chair requesting the Secretary of State for Health outline government expectations for palliative care provision in England, including relevant legislation, regulations, guidance, frameworks and policy documents. The Committee's Expert Panel will use this information to conduct an independent evaluation of palliative care standards and coverage across England.
Key findings
- Health and Social Care Committee has commissioned an independent Expert Panel evaluation of palliative care in England
- Government requested to provide comprehensive list of legislation, regulations, guidance, frameworks and policy documents setting out palliative care standards
- Standards should cover both level of coverage and quality of care provision
- Information requested by deadline of 31 January 2025
- Government will have further opportunities to provide input as Expert Panel work progresses
Tone
ProceduralTopics
Key actors
Layla Moran MP, Professor Dame Jane Dacre, Wes (Secretary of State for Health and Social Care), Health and Social Care Committee, Expert Panel
Notable line
“The Panel will use this list to inform its future work.”
Key Quotes
“… the Health and Social Care Committee has asked its Expert Panel to undertake an independent evaluation of the state of palliative care in England”
“… we are asking you to set out the Government's current expectations for the level and standard of palliative care that should be provided in England”
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