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Palliative Care: Children

Volume 460: debated on Thursday 17 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will place in the Library a copy of the Independent Review of Palliative Care Services for Children. (137143)

[holding reply 15 May 2007]: The report was published today and a copy is available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the outcomes were of the Independent Review of Palliative Care Services for Children; and if she will make a statement; (137735)

(2) what plans she has to allocate funding to children’s hospices; and what her timetable is for that funding.

The findings of the independent review of children’s palliative care services have been published today and copies are available in the Library. The Government will give thorough consideration to the recommendations and their implications for life-limited children and young people and will publish a detailed response in due course, taking into account any related recommendations from the parallel HM Treasury and Department for Education and Skills disabled children’s review.