Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of long-term funding for hospices.”
Tabled: 5 February 2025Answered: 11 February 2025
Asked by
Harpreet Uppal
Labour — Huddersfield
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Care (Stephen Kinnock)
Hospices provide vital care and support for patients and their families at the most difficult time. I am very proud that this Government have provided a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices over this year and next. We are currently finalising the delivery mechanism for this funding, and we are pleased that Hospice UK is standing ready to distribute the money to local hospices across England. We are also providing £26 million of revenue funding for children’s hospices in England in 2025-26.