Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 9
73rd Report - Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England
Published 18 Mar 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
NHS England told us that although it does collect patient-level activity data, it needs to start collecting more. It currently does not collect activity data from all hospices and therefore cannot determine how much care ICBs are buying from hospices, the quality of the services being delivered, outcomes for patients, or how hospice provision could be changing over time.15 Hospice UK pointed out an over-reliance on charitable giving to fund hospice services that is ultimately inequitable and unsustainable.16 7 Professor Fliss Murtagh (AHE0020) 8 Professor Fliss Murtagh (AHE0020) 9 C&AG’s report, para 2.4 10 Qq 56-57 11 C&AG’s report, para 1.14 12 Qq 42 and 80 13 Qq 20 and 39-42 14 Q 9 15 Qq 40-42 16 Q 18 10 The Modern Service Framework
From: Public Accounts Committee, 73rd Report - Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England (HC 1236), 18 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 June 2026 (deadline 18 May 2026).