Hospice Funding

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:42 pm on 22 April 2024.

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Photo of Martin Docherty Martin Docherty Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence) 6:42, 22 April 2024

I want to push the hon. Gentleman on the point I made to the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate, because I have heard this notion of symbiosis with the NHS, but they are two very distinct approaches to care. From my perspective, the palliative care sector is at its best when it is run as a voluntary local body. Would he expand a wee bit more on what he means by that kind of convergence with the NHS? There is a fear among those in the voluntary hospice sector that what they are doing to push palliative care forward could be held back by more physical integration in the NHS.