Hospice UK
@hospiceuk.bsky.social
Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. We champion the 200+ hospices across the UK, and run the campaign Dying Matters.
https://www.hospiceuk.org/
https://www.hospiceuk.org/
Chloe, Welfare & Benefits Manager at St Barnabas Hospice, helps people in financial hardship during the hardest times.
She supports around 350 people a month to access vital benefits.
Chloe is now supporting our Big Give campaign where donations are doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
She supports around 350 people a month to access vital benefits.
Chloe is now supporting our Big Give campaign where donations are doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Chloe, Welfare & Benefits Manager at St Barnabas Hospice, helps people in financial hardship during the hardest times.
She supports around 350 people a month to access vital benefits.
Chloe is now supporting our Big Give campaign where donations are doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
She supports around 350 people a month to access vital benefits.
Chloe is now supporting our Big Give campaign where donations are doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Barney and Harvie are supporting our Big Give campaign.
From 2 – 9 December, donations will be doubled thanks to our match funding.
By donating to our Big Give campaign, you will help everyone gets the right care when they need it most.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
From 2 – 9 December, donations will be doubled thanks to our match funding.
By donating to our Big Give campaign, you will help everyone gets the right care when they need it most.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Barney and Harvie are supporting our Big Give campaign.
From 2 – 9 December, donations will be doubled thanks to our match funding.
By donating to our Big Give campaign, you will help everyone gets the right care when they need it most.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
From 2 – 9 December, donations will be doubled thanks to our match funding.
By donating to our Big Give campaign, you will help everyone gets the right care when they need it most.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Parents Barney and Harvie travel 1.5 hrs from rural Cumbria so their son Rafferty can receive respite care at Jigsaw Children’s Hospice.
Barney says: "The reality of caring for a profoundly disabled child in such a remote location has been incredibly tough"
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Barney says: "The reality of caring for a profoundly disabled child in such a remote location has been incredibly tough"
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Parents Barney and Harvie travel 1.5 hrs from rural Cumbria so their son Rafferty can receive respite care at Jigsaw Children’s Hospice.
Barney says: "The reality of caring for a profoundly disabled child in such a remote location has been incredibly tough"
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Barney says: "The reality of caring for a profoundly disabled child in such a remote location has been incredibly tough"
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Sandra at Heart of Kent Hospice supports families with benefits, bills, wills and more, so fewer people face end of life unsupported.
People in financial hardship face real barriers to hospice care. Your donation helps change that.
Donate and double your impact:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
People in financial hardship face real barriers to hospice care. Your donation helps change that.
Donate and double your impact:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sandra at Heart of Kent Hospice supports families with benefits, bills, wills and more, so fewer people face end of life unsupported.
People in financial hardship face real barriers to hospice care. Your donation helps change that.
Donate and double your impact:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
People in financial hardship face real barriers to hospice care. Your donation helps change that.
Donate and double your impact:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We’ve raised £14,928 so far in our Big Give campaign 🤩 but we’re aiming for £60,000.
Your donation helps tackle the unfair barriers people in hardship or rural areas face when accessing hospice care.
Give by December 9th and your donation is doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Your donation helps tackle the unfair barriers people in hardship or rural areas face when accessing hospice care.
Give by December 9th and your donation is doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We’ve raised £14,928 so far in our Big Give campaign 🤩 but we’re aiming for £60,000.
Your donation helps tackle the unfair barriers people in hardship or rural areas face when accessing hospice care.
Give by December 9th and your donation is doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Your donation helps tackle the unfair barriers people in hardship or rural areas face when accessing hospice care.
Give by December 9th and your donation is doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Today we're at Stormont in Belfast, joining Hospice Alliance Northern Ireland as they welcomed the Assembly’s 27 recommendations to improve palliative and end of life care.
The Alliance is calling for the recommendations to be implemented in full and we are proud to support them.
The Alliance is calling for the recommendations to be implemented in full and we are proud to support them.
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Today we're at Stormont in Belfast, joining Hospice Alliance Northern Ireland as they welcomed the Assembly’s 27 recommendations to improve palliative and end of life care.
The Alliance is calling for the recommendations to be implemented in full and we are proud to support them.
The Alliance is calling for the recommendations to be implemented in full and we are proud to support them.
Parents Barney and Harvie regularly make long, tiring journeys with their son Rafferty for vital respite at Jigsaw Children’s Hospice.
No family should face barriers to care because of where they live. Help us change this.
Double your donation today: Ow.ly/v3Gn50Xu4AK
No family should face barriers to care because of where they live. Help us change this.
Double your donation today: Ow.ly/v3Gn50Xu4AK
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Parents Barney and Harvie regularly make long, tiring journeys with their son Rafferty for vital respite at Jigsaw Children’s Hospice.
No family should face barriers to care because of where they live. Help us change this.
Double your donation today: Ow.ly/v3Gn50Xu4AK
No family should face barriers to care because of where they live. Help us change this.
Double your donation today: Ow.ly/v3Gn50Xu4AK
That's a wrap on #HospiceUKConf 2025! Thank you to everyone who joined us.
🧡 3 days
🧡 More than 1,000 attendees
🧡 200+ posters submitted
🧡 Over 50 exhibitors
Catch up on our conference highlights: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 3 days
🧡 More than 1,000 attendees
🧡 200+ posters submitted
🧡 Over 50 exhibitors
Catch up on our conference highlights: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That's a wrap on #HospiceUKConf 2025! Thank you to everyone who joined us.
🧡 3 days
🧡 More than 1,000 attendees
🧡 200+ posters submitted
🧡 Over 50 exhibitors
Catch up on our conference highlights: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 3 days
🧡 More than 1,000 attendees
🧡 200+ posters submitted
🧡 Over 50 exhibitors
Catch up on our conference highlights: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🥇 Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Improving Inclusivity Award: the Multidisciplinary Hearing Loss Group at Royal Trinity Hospice 👏
More about the winner: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 The Hospice UK Awards are kindly supported by the National Garden Scheme.
#HospiceUKConf
More about the winner: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 The Hospice UK Awards are kindly supported by the National Garden Scheme.
#HospiceUKConf
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🥇 Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Improving Inclusivity Award: the Multidisciplinary Hearing Loss Group at Royal Trinity Hospice 👏
More about the winner: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 The Hospice UK Awards are kindly supported by the National Garden Scheme.
#HospiceUKConf
More about the winner: www.hospiceuk.org/innovation-h...
🧡 The Hospice UK Awards are kindly supported by the National Garden Scheme.
#HospiceUKConf
“It keeps me awake at night.”
That’s what Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive of Moya Cole Hospice said about the hospice funding crisis on BBC Breakfast this morning.
This comes as our data reveals that 380 beds are out of use in English hospices, as a result of insufficient funding.
That’s what Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive of Moya Cole Hospice said about the hospice funding crisis on BBC Breakfast this morning.
This comes as our data reveals that 380 beds are out of use in English hospices, as a result of insufficient funding.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“It keeps me awake at night.”
That’s what Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive of Moya Cole Hospice said about the hospice funding crisis on BBC Breakfast this morning.
This comes as our data reveals that 380 beds are out of use in English hospices, as a result of insufficient funding.
That’s what Rachel McMillan, Chief Executive of Moya Cole Hospice said about the hospice funding crisis on BBC Breakfast this morning.
This comes as our data reveals that 380 beds are out of use in English hospices, as a result of insufficient funding.
Everyone deserves the best possible care at the end of their lives. It is unacceptable that where you live or your financial situation impacts the end of life care you receive.
We want to change this. And with your help, we can.
Save the date and double the gift of giving today!
ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
We want to change this. And with your help, we can.
Save the date and double the gift of giving today!
ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Everyone deserves the best possible care at the end of their lives. It is unacceptable that where you live or your financial situation impacts the end of life care you receive.
We want to change this. And with your help, we can.
Save the date and double the gift of giving today!
ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
We want to change this. And with your help, we can.
Save the date and double the gift of giving today!
ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it. And this Big Give, so can you!
From 2–9 December every donation made through our campaign link will be DOUBLED. Your gift will go twice as far to help us reach everyone who needs care at the end of their lives.
Pledge today 👉ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
From 2–9 December every donation made through our campaign link will be DOUBLED. Your gift will go twice as far to help us reach everyone who needs care at the end of their lives.
Pledge today 👉ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it. And this Big Give, so can you!
From 2–9 December every donation made through our campaign link will be DOUBLED. Your gift will go twice as far to help us reach everyone who needs care at the end of their lives.
Pledge today 👉ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
From 2–9 December every donation made through our campaign link will be DOUBLED. Your gift will go twice as far to help us reach everyone who needs care at the end of their lives.
Pledge today 👉ow.ly/TqcJ50XokPk
Thank you to Christopher Hinchliff MP for raising the issue of hospice funding in today’s PMQs.
His spotlight on the critical financial situation Garden House Hospice Care is facing is hugely appreciated.
Hospices are making cuts and urgent support is needed now.
His spotlight on the critical financial situation Garden House Hospice Care is facing is hugely appreciated.
Hospices are making cuts and urgent support is needed now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to Christopher Hinchliff MP for raising the issue of hospice funding in today’s PMQs.
His spotlight on the critical financial situation Garden House Hospice Care is facing is hugely appreciated.
Hospices are making cuts and urgent support is needed now.
His spotlight on the critical financial situation Garden House Hospice Care is facing is hugely appreciated.
Hospices are making cuts and urgent support is needed now.
Double your difference!
From the 2 - 9 December your donations will be doubled in our Big Give Christmas Appeal 🧡
That’s double our fight for equitable change, double our support of hospices and double our demand for essential end of life care.
Pledge to donate today!
www.hospiceuk.org/biggive
From the 2 - 9 December your donations will be doubled in our Big Give Christmas Appeal 🧡
That’s double our fight for equitable change, double our support of hospices and double our demand for essential end of life care.
Pledge to donate today!
www.hospiceuk.org/biggive
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Double your difference!
From the 2 - 9 December your donations will be doubled in our Big Give Christmas Appeal 🧡
That’s double our fight for equitable change, double our support of hospices and double our demand for essential end of life care.
Pledge to donate today!
www.hospiceuk.org/biggive
From the 2 - 9 December your donations will be doubled in our Big Give Christmas Appeal 🧡
That’s double our fight for equitable change, double our support of hospices and double our demand for essential end of life care.
Pledge to donate today!
www.hospiceuk.org/biggive
Today Hospice UK CEO, Toby Porter, gave evidence to the House of Lords inquiry on assisted dying today.
In his evidence, Toby highlighted the significant financial pressures still facing the hospice sector, which continue to limit patient access to vital care and support.
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In his evidence, Toby highlighted the significant financial pressures still facing the hospice sector, which continue to limit patient access to vital care and support.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today Hospice UK CEO, Toby Porter, gave evidence to the House of Lords inquiry on assisted dying today.
In his evidence, Toby highlighted the significant financial pressures still facing the hospice sector, which continue to limit patient access to vital care and support.
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In his evidence, Toby highlighted the significant financial pressures still facing the hospice sector, which continue to limit patient access to vital care and support.
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The National Audit Office has published a report on the financial sustainability of England's adult hospices, calling it a matter of "national importance".
It says the Govt lacks clarity on how its funding impacts hospices as demand for end of life care rises.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
It says the Govt lacks clarity on how its funding impacts hospices as demand for end of life care rises.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The National Audit Office has published a report on the financial sustainability of England's adult hospices, calling it a matter of "national importance".
It says the Govt lacks clarity on how its funding impacts hospices as demand for end of life care rises.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
It says the Govt lacks clarity on how its funding impacts hospices as demand for end of life care rises.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Many hospices across the UK are under serious financial pressure.
This powerful piece from ITV Wales featuring St David’s Hospice shows the reality: rising costs, staff shortages and falling donations.
📺 Watch the full film here: www.itv.com/walesprogram...
This powerful piece from ITV Wales featuring St David’s Hospice shows the reality: rising costs, staff shortages and falling donations.
📺 Watch the full film here: www.itv.com/walesprogram...
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Many hospices across the UK are under serious financial pressure.
This powerful piece from ITV Wales featuring St David’s Hospice shows the reality: rising costs, staff shortages and falling donations.
📺 Watch the full film here: www.itv.com/walesprogram...
This powerful piece from ITV Wales featuring St David’s Hospice shows the reality: rising costs, staff shortages and falling donations.
📺 Watch the full film here: www.itv.com/walesprogram...
It’s Thanking Day at Hospice UK 🧡
Today’s all about YOU - our brilliant supporters.
This year you’ve helped us stand up for hospice care, support incredible staff and volunteers, and shape a future where hospices can thrive.
We've made this video to say, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Today’s all about YOU - our brilliant supporters.
This year you’ve helped us stand up for hospice care, support incredible staff and volunteers, and shape a future where hospices can thrive.
We've made this video to say, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s Thanking Day at Hospice UK 🧡
Today’s all about YOU - our brilliant supporters.
This year you’ve helped us stand up for hospice care, support incredible staff and volunteers, and shape a future where hospices can thrive.
We've made this video to say, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Today’s all about YOU - our brilliant supporters.
This year you’ve helped us stand up for hospice care, support incredible staff and volunteers, and shape a future where hospices can thrive.
We've made this video to say, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We’re thrilled to have been Highly Commended in Public Affairs at the PR Week Awards 🎉
This was for our campaigning efforts to secure fair funding for hospices last year. And we’re not done: we’re still campaigning tirelessly for hospices to get vital funding.
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www.hospiceuk.org/fair-funding...
This was for our campaigning efforts to secure fair funding for hospices last year. And we’re not done: we’re still campaigning tirelessly for hospices to get vital funding.
👇
www.hospiceuk.org/fair-funding...
October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We’re thrilled to have been Highly Commended in Public Affairs at the PR Week Awards 🎉
This was for our campaigning efforts to secure fair funding for hospices last year. And we’re not done: we’re still campaigning tirelessly for hospices to get vital funding.
👇
www.hospiceuk.org/fair-funding...
This was for our campaigning efforts to secure fair funding for hospices last year. And we’re not done: we’re still campaigning tirelessly for hospices to get vital funding.
👇
www.hospiceuk.org/fair-funding...
As the Health Minister says, charitable giving will always matter for hospices, but they need reliable government funding to plan care.
1 in 5 ended last year over £1m in deficit and 2 in 5 are planning cuts this year.
Time is running out and hospices need fair funding now.
1 in 5 ended last year over £1m in deficit and 2 in 5 are planning cuts this year.
Time is running out and hospices need fair funding now.
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
As the Health Minister says, charitable giving will always matter for hospices, but they need reliable government funding to plan care.
1 in 5 ended last year over £1m in deficit and 2 in 5 are planning cuts this year.
Time is running out and hospices need fair funding now.
1 in 5 ended last year over £1m in deficit and 2 in 5 are planning cuts this year.
Time is running out and hospices need fair funding now.
It’s been fantastic to meet so many MPs today for some really valuable conversations about the urgent need for fair funding for hospices.
We will keep working with Government to help secure a sustainable future for hospice care across the UK.
We will keep working with Government to help secure a sustainable future for hospice care across the UK.
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s been fantastic to meet so many MPs today for some really valuable conversations about the urgent need for fair funding for hospices.
We will keep working with Government to help secure a sustainable future for hospice care across the UK.
We will keep working with Government to help secure a sustainable future for hospice care across the UK.
We’re in Parliament today calling for fair funding for hospices.
Hospice staff make 1.4m home visits each year, helping people live well at home.
Hospices could ease NHS pressure and bring more care closer to home, but without fair funding, many hospices are fighting just to keep their doors open.
Hospice staff make 1.4m home visits each year, helping people live well at home.
Hospices could ease NHS pressure and bring more care closer to home, but without fair funding, many hospices are fighting just to keep their doors open.
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We’re in Parliament today calling for fair funding for hospices.
Hospice staff make 1.4m home visits each year, helping people live well at home.
Hospices could ease NHS pressure and bring more care closer to home, but without fair funding, many hospices are fighting just to keep their doors open.
Hospice staff make 1.4m home visits each year, helping people live well at home.
Hospices could ease NHS pressure and bring more care closer to home, but without fair funding, many hospices are fighting just to keep their doors open.
It was a fantastic event with full attendance, powerful contributions, and thoughtful discussion from everyone who joined, showing the strong support for making palliative care a national priority in Scotland.
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It was a fantastic event with full attendance, powerful contributions, and thoughtful discussion from everyone who joined, showing the strong support for making palliative care a national priority in Scotland.
We had great discussions at the @snp.org conference fringe in Aberdeen on fixing palliative care for all, which we co-hosted with @mariecurieuk.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health @jennimintomsp.bsky.social and to chair @bobdorissnp.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health @jennimintomsp.bsky.social and to chair @bobdorissnp.bsky.social.
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We had great discussions at the @snp.org conference fringe in Aberdeen on fixing palliative care for all, which we co-hosted with @mariecurieuk.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health @jennimintomsp.bsky.social and to chair @bobdorissnp.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health @jennimintomsp.bsky.social and to chair @bobdorissnp.bsky.social.
On Friday we joined a roundtable with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at Saint Francis Hospice, discussing key challenges like ICB commissioning and NHS pay.
We will continue to work with him and his team as we push for a long-term funding solution for hospices.
We will continue to work with him and his team as we push for a long-term funding solution for hospices.
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
On Friday we joined a roundtable with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at Saint Francis Hospice, discussing key challenges like ICB commissioning and NHS pay.
We will continue to work with him and his team as we push for a long-term funding solution for hospices.
We will continue to work with him and his team as we push for a long-term funding solution for hospices.