Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 118874

Hospices

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all hospice services are required to be commissioned.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The majority of hospices are charitable, independent organisations and, therefore, the Government does not collect or keep data on hospice bed capacity nationally. There are no current plans to make a formal assessment of the adequacy of hospice bed capac...

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