Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 26
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)
Baroness Finlay emphasised the role that hospices have as an important source of expertise in palliative and end-of-life care, available to professionals in the NHS such as district nurses and care assistants.58 NHS England told us how hospices support training NHS professionals in palliative and end-of-life care skills and how to work in community settings.59 In lots of places, hospices are the providers of 24/7 palliative care advice and support lines, offering telephone support for patients and their families that can help avoid people being taken to A&E unnecessarily.60 53 Qq 9 and 50-51 54 Q 74 55 Letter from NHS England, 16 January 2026 56 Qq 30-31, 43-44 and 66 57 C&AG’s report, para 5 58 Q 12 59 Qq 3 and 53 60 Qq 21, 35 and 69 16
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).