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; to enable hospices to access pharmaceutical services on the same basis as other services commissioned by a clinical commissioning group; and to make provision for treatment of children with a life-limiting illness
House of Lords
5 May 2021
The bill would require NHS service commissioners to ensure people they fund have access to palliative care and related support, covering both specialist and generalist services. It would also allow hospices to access pharmaceutical services on the same basis as other NHS providers commissioned by a clinical commissioning group, and it includes provisions about the treatment of children with life-limiting illnesses. It is currently being considered in the House of Lords at the Committee stage.
Currently at Committee stage in the House of Lords, where peers scrutinise the details and may propose amendments.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - took place on 7 February.
Committee stage - line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2019-2021 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
