A Bill to make provision for NHS service commissioners to ensure that persons for whom they have responsibility for commissioning physical and mental health services have access to specialist and generalist palliative care and support services; and to make provision for treatment of children with a life-limiting illness.
House of Lords
8 November 2019
This Lords bill would require NHS service commissioners to ensure access to both specialist and generalist palliative care and related support services for people they fund, covering physical and mental health needs. It also provides for treatment of children with life-limiting illnesses.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the Lords, an early stage of its passage through Parliament, and has not yet progressed to committee or later stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
First reading took place on 24 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
