Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103536

Hospices: Finance

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

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

Stephen Kinnock
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...

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