Hospices: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for hospices in the last three years.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding from the National Health Service. The amount of funding each charitable hospice receives varies both within and between integrated care board (ICB) areas. This will vary depending on demand in that ICB area but will also be dependent on the totality and type of palliative and end of life care provision from both NHS and non-NHS services, including charitable hospices, within each ICB area.
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