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<p>A review is not currently taking place. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible
for determining the level of National Health Service-funded palliative and end of
life care, including hospice care, locally, and they are responsible for ensuring
that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>While
the NHS has always been required to commission appropriate palliative and end of life
care services to meet the reasonable needs of the population, as part of the Health
and Care Act 2022, the Government added palliative care services to the list of services
an ICB must commission, to clarify this responsibility.</p><p>In June 2023, NHS England
confirmed that it would be renewing the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant
for 2024/25, once again allocating £25 million grant funding for children’s hospices
in England. NHS England will communicate further details regarding the process for
the grant allocations later this year.</p>
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