Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to provide support to hospices for end-of-life care units.
As stated in the Health and Care Act 2022, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning palliative and end of life care services, which may include services delivered by independent charitable hospices such as end of life care units, in response to the needs of their local population. ICBs determine the distribution of this funding according to local need, including to providers such as hospices.