Sue Ryder responds to Public Accounts Committee report on financial sustainability of hospices in England
Today, Sue Ryder has responded to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the financial sustainability of adult hospices in England. The report examines the financial challenges in the sector and how government and NHS England need to respond.
Crying out for reform
In response to the PAC report, James Sanderson, chief executive at Sue Ryder says:
“This report pulls together a number of issues that we have highlighted to both the committee and to Government. The palliative care sector is crying out for reform. The Government’s plan for palliative care, its Modern Service Framework, must deliver later this year.
“Bringing specialist palliative care to more people in their own home and working within overstretched NHS hospitals would honour the final wishes of people who want to be at home at the end-of-life, while ensuring dignity for those who cannot.
“To stop people dying with unnecessary pain, alone, or in a place they don't want to be requires bold thinking and collaboration from the sector and Government.”
Over 600,000 people will die this year in the UK and everyday people are dying without the care they need. Addressing the level of unmet need will require thinking bigger than hospice buildings alone.
“The sector also needs to step up to the challenges. Over 600,000 people will die this year in the UK and everyday people are dying without the care they need. Addressing the level of unmet need will require thinking bigger than hospice buildings alone.
“To stop people dying with unnecessary pain, alone, or in a place they don't want to be requires bold thinking and collaboration from the sector and Government.”
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