Palliative Care: Telephone Services
(asked on 2nd December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to 24/7 palliative care telephone advice lines for people with a terminal illness and their carers.
This question was answered on 13th December 2022
No specific assessment has been made. Local commissioners are responsible for ensuring access to palliative and end of life care. NHS England has published statutory guidance to support commissioners with implementation of the Health and Care Act 2022 and to define how services should meet population needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week.