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Palliative Care: Finance

Volume 498: debated on Tuesday 3 November 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to palliative care in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last 10 years. (297493)

We do not collect information on national health service expenditure on palliative, and/or end-of- life care services centrally.

An additional £286 million revenue and capital funding is being made available over 2009-10 and 2010-11 to support the implementation of the End of Life Care Strategy. For 2010-11, this includes capital funding of £40 million for hospices. However, the majority of the funding is being allocated to primary care trusts (PCTs) through the 2009-10 and 2010-11 revenue allocations, so all PCTs will receive a portion of this funding.

It is for PCTs to decide their priorities for investment locally, taking into account both local priorities and the NHS operating framework.