Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 25
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 NAO report describes how independent hospices offer additional services that are typically outside the remit of the NHS, for example certain complementary therapies, funded from hospices’ charitable donations. Hospices offer support to the family, friends and carers of those receiving palliative and end-of-life care, for example through counselling and bereavement support. Many hospices provide training in palliative and end-of-life care to a broad range of healthcare professionals, including to the NHS, and some hospices undertake clinical research.57
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).