questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework will include proposals for (a) a national commissioning model for hospice services, (b) minimum standards for palliative and end of life care provision, (c) reducing regional disparities in access to hospice care, (d) improving access to community-based palliative care services and (e) reducing the reliance of hospices on charitable fundraising to deliver core clinical services; and whether Integrated Care Boards will be subject to any new statutory duties or funding expectations as part of that framework.
answerText: We will publish an interim update on the Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care shortly. The final MSF will be published this autumn, to allow comprehensive engagement with sector stakeholders.The MSF will provide a clinic...
heading: Palliative Care