Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to support the palliative care sector in Epping Forest.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 October in response to Question 33165, which sets out the steps the Government is taking to support hospices and other palliative care services throughout England.

The Prime Minister and my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, have also made clear their commitment to improve the quality and availability of palliative care and end-of-life care through a new modern service framework, as set out in the answer provided on 14 September in response to Question 27682.