That this House recognises the important work that hospices do for local communities across the United Kingdom, in particular in providing comfort and support to patients and families in end-of-life care; further recognises the work of staff and volunteers, who provide an integral service; notes that there is a postcode lottery around hospice care, where the funding and standard of care is not equal across the country; further notes that 70% of hospices believe they would need to cut services due to rising cost pressures; acknowledges that there are great disparities between funding across the country; calls on the Government to make sustainable hospice funding a priority and provide better funding for hospices by establishing strong multi-year NHS contracts and the full funding of specialist palliative care; and praises the cross-party working that has taken place so far, but calls on all parties to progress these talks further as a priority of the Government.
Signatories (45)
- Steve Darling Sponsor
- Freddie van Mierlo
- Wera Hobhouse
- Jess Brown-Fuller
- Andrew George
- Neil Duncan-Jordan
- Jim Shannon
- Pippa Heylings
- Ayoub Khan
- Ian Roome
- Iqbal Mohamed
- Charlotte Cane
- Tom Morrison
- Helen Maguire
- Anna Sabine
- Shockat Adam
- Tom Gordon
- Susan Murray
- Gideon Amos
- Ian Sollom
- Christine Jardine
- Zöe Franklin
- Mr Paul Foster
- Claire Young
- Dr Danny Chambers
- Layla Moran
- Dr Al Pinkerton
- Chris Coghlan
- Jim Allister
- Victoria Collins
- Calum Miller
- Wendy Chamberlain
- Mr Joshua Reynolds
- Adrian Ramsay
- Hannah Spencer
- Siân Berry
- Dr Ellie Chowns
- Carla Denyer
- Mr Will Forster
- Ms Diane Abbott
- Bobby Dean
- Mr Lee Dillon
- Clive Jones
- Adam Dance
- Dr Peter Prinsley