Written Question·Church Commissioners·UIN 53337

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 29 May 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Church-owned hospices.

Answer

Marsha De Cordova
Thanks to the pioneering work of Dame Cicely Saunders, many modern hospices started off as church-affiliated institutions. The majority of these organisations and charities have now become affiliated to Hospice UK, which supports over 200 hospices across ...
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