Question follow-through · 66442
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to guarantee sustainable funding for hospices in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial years.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Cancer: Diagnosis · 29 Aug 2025
- Palliative Care · 19 Nov 2025
- Hospices: Children · 20 Feb 2026
- Pregnancy: Temperature · 9 Mar 2026
- Health: Research · 7 Jul 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to guarantee sustainable funding for hospices in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial years.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
In February 2025, I met with key palliative and end of life care and hospice stakeholders, in a roundtable format with a focus on long-term sector sustainability within the context of our 10-Year Health Plan. I have tasked officials to look at how to impr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pregnancy: Temperature
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