Hospices: Finance
Commons · Question 103536 · Tabled 6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that hospices receive the funding required to raise staff pay in line with nationally agreed NHS pay rises.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Feb 2026
Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications.Hospices, as independent organisations, are...