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<p>No recent assessment has been made. The vast majority of hospices were established
from charitable and philanthropic donations and are therefore primarily charity-funded
and independently run. However, they receive some statutory funding from clinical
commissioning groups (CCGs) and the Government for providing local services. The amount
of funding is a local matter.</p><p><br> On average, adult hospices received approximately
30% of their overall funding from National Health Service sources. Proportionally
less public funding is received by children’s hospices than adult hospices, and this
amounts to around 15%, and this is largely due to differences in their development
and non-clinical care they provide.</p><p> </p><p>To compensate for the lower levels
of statutory funding children’s hospices receive, NHS England manages the Children’s
Hospice Grant, which is awarded and administered annually. The Children’s Hospice
Grant will provide a contribution of £12 million in 2019/20.</p><p><br> As set out
in the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England committed to increase its contribution to children’s
palliative care over the next five years by match funding CCGs who commit to increase
their investment in local children’s palliative and end of life care services including
children’s hospices. Subject to CCGs increasing investment, NHS England will match
this by up to £7 million a year by 2023/24. This increase is in addition to the Children’s
Hospice Grant. We would expect hospices to be significant beneficiaries of the additional
funding, and in many areas, children’s hospices are the main providers of children’s
palliative and end of life care services.</p>
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