Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Commission on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Opportunities For England, published in May.

The Minister of State for Care (Stephen Kinnock MP) met the Hon. Member for York Central and Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to discuss the progress of their independent commission into palliative and end of life care, including the commission’s first of three reports, published on 13 May 2025, which he has formally responded to.

In line with the 10-Year Health Plan, the Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community. The palliative and end of life care sector will have a big role to play in that shift.