Hospices: Children

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 31 July 2024.

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Photo of Laurence Turner Laurence Turner Labour, Birmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) reinstate the Children's Hospice Grant for 2025-26 and (b) up-rate that funding in line with inflation.

Photo of Stephen Kinnock Stephen Kinnock Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

In 2024/25, NHS England provided £25 million in funding for children and young people’s hospices. This was distributed via integrated care boards, in line with National Health Service devolution. We are currently considering the future of this important funding stream beyond 2024/25.

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