Hospice UK response to government’s further £25m investment for hospices

Charlie King, Director of External Affairs at Hospice UK said: “The extension of the capital funding scheme for hospices with an additional £25m is very welcome. Hospices have used the money distributed in 2025 to make significant improvements to their care environments and digital infrastructure. We know this additional funding will be put to excellent use, and be of real benefit to people facing the end of life.

“We’re encouraged by the government’s plans for a Modern Service Framework to overhaul palliative and end of life care in the long term, and we will work with them at pace to deliver this. While the funding announced today is helpful, it will not be enough to prevent more hospices having to cut back services in the coming months, and without further additional support, we have to be clear that vital community services will continue to be lost.

"That means more unnecessary hospital admissions, more unneeded A&E attendances, and more patients not getting the care they deserve in the location that’s right for them.”