Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93012

Hospices: Finance

Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Justin Madders

LabourEllesmere Port and Bromborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospices receive the funding required to raise staff pay in line with nationally agreed NHS pay rises.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Hospices, as independent organisations, are free to develop and adapt their own terms and conditions of employment and, therefore, it is for them to determine what is affordable within the financial model they operate and how to recoup any additional cost...

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