A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for the funding of hospice clinical services by NHS England; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the potential merits of including pharmacy, pathology, patient community equipment, palliative consultant costs, clinical nurse specialist services, and advance care planning costs within the NHS funding framework; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would require the government to publish proposals on how NHS England could fund hospice clinical services. It also asks for a Parliamentary report on whether certain costs, such as pharmacy, pathology, patient community equipment, palliative consultants, clinical nurse specialists, and advance care planning, could be included in the NHS funding framework.
The bill is at the Commons 2nd reading stage and would need to progress through further stages (committee, report, third reading) and then receive consideration by the Lords to advance.
Generated 21 February 2026
The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, is scheduled to take place on Friday 27 February 2026, although the House of Commons is not expected to be sitting on that date.
This is a Private Members' Bill and was presented to Parliament on Monday 21 October 2024.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.