questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the public purse of meeting the target to cut unplanned hospital admissions and bed days of one or over by 10% for people at the end of life, as set out in the Neighbourhood Health Framework, by March 2029.
answerText: It is widely recognised that reducing hospital admissions, and instead supporting patients in the community, is both more cost-effective, and, importantly, in line most with people’s preferences at the end of life.Recently published research from the Nati...
heading: Palliative Care