Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 30
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 about the West Yorkshire collaborative, which it considers to be the most advanced and an example for how hospices in all ICB regions could work in partnership. NHS England pointed to the economies of scale and improved commissioning that the collaborative model enabled.66 Professor Murtagh told us that the Department and NHS England should be including collaborative working within the Modern Service Framework.67 However, although NHS England told us that forming a collaborative was perhaps the most effective first stage for groups of hospices experiencing financial difficulties, it expects hospices to take this step themselves and it did not signal any intention to encourage or support the creation of collaboratives.68 66 Qq 45, 48 and 51 67 Q 17 68 Qq 48 and 51 18
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).