Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 14 February 2023.
Lord Mendelsohn
Labour
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increased cost of living on the UK hospice sector.
Lord Markham
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
No assessment has been made. Palliative and end of life care, including hospice care, is commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs) in response to the needs of their local population.
At a national level, NHS England have released £1.5 billion additional funding to ICBs to provide support for inflation, with ICBs deciding how best to distribute this funding within their system, including to palliative and end of life care providers such as hospices. This is in addition to the support provided by the Government through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will run from April 2023 until March 2024 and continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers, including hospices.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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