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92620

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to work with other government departments and local service providers to support better people at the end of life by use of the DS1500 form.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	210009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The DS1500 is used to support claims to a range of benefits from people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a healthcare professional. In line with our aim to continuously improve the service provided to people who are terminally ill, the Department works with a range of stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and support organisations, such as MacMillan Cancer Support, to identify and introduce improvements.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 20/10/2014 11:52:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

92001

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Palliative Care Funding Review, published on 1 July 2011.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	209379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>In response to the recommendations of the independent Palliative Care Funding Review, we set up eight pilots to collect a range of data on palliative care and to test the review’s recommendations. The pilot phase was completed in March this year.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is in the process of analysing the data and designing a new palliative care currency framework. Decisions on how best to develop a fair and transparent funding system for palliative care will be based on this evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 10:11:04 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

89722

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Palliative Care Funding Review pilots are due to report.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	207198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS England will publish a draft national tariff document in February 2015. This will include details of a development currency for palliative care which will be based upon the data collected as part of the Palliative Care Funding Review pilots and the views of the palliative care sector. A draft will be published as part of an engagement process in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 09:46:02 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

79785

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps have been taken to explore the feasibility of replicating the Liverpool STARS programme for people at the end of life elsewhere in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
uin	HL1674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to explore the feasibility of replicating the Liverpool STARS programme for people at the end of life elsewhere in England. This is a local initiative and it is for commissioners in other localities to determine how best to improve the provision of end of life care services in their areas, based on the needs of their populations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for improving end of life care services nationally and has established, and is supporting, palliative care networks across England. Through these networks and the work of NHS Improving Quality, NHS England is continuing to support improvements in palliative care services and sharing of good practice. The Transforming End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals programme is also helping to drive improvements for people in hospitals.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:07:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

79729

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to improve the provision of palliative care services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England are taking steps to improve palliative care services, including the development of a per-patient funding model for palliative care services that aims to improve access to specialist palliative care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has established palliative care networks across England which are supporting improvements in palliative care services and sharing of good practice. NHS Improving Quality’s (NHS IQ) Transforming End of Life Care (EoLC) in Acute Hospitals programme is also helping to drive improvements for people in hospitals, such as the wider implementation of electronic palliative care registers (EPaCCS). These can provide instant access to key information about EoLC patients to all health professionals with a need to see it. NHS IQ has set an ambition to achieve a 70% roll out of EPaCCs by 2015.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2014, we announced a review of choice in EoLC led by Claire Henry, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care. The Programme Board leading this work consists of representatives from charities, people with personal experience of EoLC (including carers), clinicians and policy makers. The review will undertake extensive public consultation to define what people want in EoLC services, and will provide advice to the Government on the policy initiatives required to enable people’s preferences to be met. This advice will be provided by early next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

79245

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the support that people at the end of life receive so that they can die in their preferred place of care.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	206833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to expanding choice in end of life care by supporting people’s preferences about how to have a good death. On 1 July 2014, we announced a review of choice in end-of-life care led by Claire Henry, Chief Executive of the National Council for Palliative Care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Programme Board leading this work consists of representatives from charities, people with personal experience of end of life care (including carers), clinicians and policy makers. The review will undertake extensive public consultation to define what people want in end of life services, and will provide advice to the Government on the policy initiatives required to enable people’s preferences to be met. This advice will be provided by early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/09/2014 14:39:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

58217

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent employees of his Department are engaged in forward planning to 2030 for end-of-life care.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	198793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 2.9 full time equivalent staff in the Department working exclusively on policy areas in Domain 2 of the NHS Outcomes Framework, which includes end of life care.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2013, NHS England has been responsible for delivering improvements in end of life care, with Public Health England responsible for providing information and data on this policy area.</p><p> </p><p>Forward planning for future end of life care needs is considered by all three organisations as part of their responsibility for policy development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 09/06/2014 14:26:52 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams