Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 11
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 ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The terms and conditions in the independent adult hospice sector have diverged from those in the NHS, with clinicians in hospices often earning less than their NHS counterparts.18 We heard from Hospice UK and NHS England how hospice provision is central to government’s objectives of providing more care in the community, reducing hospital utilisation and aligning with patient preferences.19 However, sector representatives wrote to us to say that system-level governance and national oversight arrangements have not evolved to reflect this role.20
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).