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Hospices: Standards

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 26029

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of hospices at risk of (a) reducing services, (b) closing inpatient beds and (c) becoming financially unviable during each of the next three financial years.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon Member for Stratford-on-Avon on 13 July 2026 to Question 16185, which sets out the Government's position on this matter.

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