Written questions

Hospices: Finance

Commons · Question 8875 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received recent representations from the charitable hospice sector on the impact of statutory funding levels on the adequacy of (a) service levels, (b) staffing levels and (c) patien

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 24 Oct 2024

Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people at end of life,...