Hospices: Finance
(asked on 3rd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase long term funding for hospices.
This question was answered on 10th November 2022
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning and determining the appropriate funding arrangements for palliative and end of life care services, including hospices, in response to the needs of the local population. In July 2022, NHS England published statutory guidance for commissioners on palliative and end of life care, setting out the considerations for ICBs in order to meet its legal duties.