Select Committee · Health and Social Care Committee

Hospice Funding

Status: Closed Opened: 17 Apr 2024 Closed: 30 May 2024

MPs will consider whether funding for hospices is sufficient to meet demand. This topical session follows the committee’s major report on Assisted dying/Assisted suicide which urged the government to commit to additional funding, guaranteeing support for hospices in need. In evidence to the inquiry, the current funding model was described as ‘unsustainable’, risking hospice closures. …

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
23 Apr 2024 Dr Syed Qamar Abbas · St Clare's Hospice, Mr James Cooper · Together for Short Lives, Ruth Driscoll · Marie Curie, Toby Porter · Hospice UK View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
22 May 2024 Hospice UK on follow up from Hospice Funding oral evidence session 15.05.24