A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure the availability of hospice services for all people at the end of life; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on the adequacy of funding for children’s and adult hospice services, including an assessment of whether any funding increases are necessary to maintain such services; to require the Secretary of State to publish a five year plan for hospice funding; to make provision about the availability of specialist palliative care in emergency care services in hospitals; to make provision about supporting patients receiving palliative care in the community in certain circumstances; to require the Secretary of State to prepare and publish a workforce plan for hospice services; to require palliative care advice to be available through non-emergency NHS advice services; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would require the Government to make hospice services available to everyone at the end of life, and to report on funding for hospice services while planning future support. It also aims to ensure specialist palliative care in hospital emergency care, support care in the community, and to publish a five-year funding plan and a workforce plan for hospice services, with palliative care advice available through non-emergency NHS services.
Current stage: Second reading in the Commons. If progressed, the bill would move to committee stage and subsequent readings before possible passage to the Lords.
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 Tuesday 14 October 2025.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.