Hospice Campaign Signatories
Ardgowan Hospice – Bury Hospice – Derian House Children’s Hospice – Dorothy House Hospice Care – Haven House Children’s Hospice – Herriot Hospice – Hope House Children’s Hospice – Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland – Hospice at Home West Cumbria – Hospice of the Good Shepherd – Hospice of the Valleys – Hospiscare – Julia’s House Children’s Hospices – Kate’s Home Nursing – Keech Hospice Care – Lindsey Lodge Hospice – Longfield Hospice – Mountbatten Hospice Eastleigh – Mountbatten Hospice Isle of Wight – North Devon Hospice – Prospect Hospice – Rowcroft Hospice -Saint Michael’s Hospice (North Hampshire) – St Andrew’s Hospice (Grimsby) – St Christopher’s Hospice – St David’s Hospice (Conwy) – St David’s Hospice (Anglesey) – St Helena Hospice – St Kentigern Hospice – St Mary’s – St Peter & St James Charitable Trust – St Raphael’s Hospice – St Wilfrid’s Hospice (Chichester) – St Wilfrid’s Hospice (Eastbourne) – Strathcarron Hospice – The Hospice of St Francis – Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospice – Weldmar Hospicecare – Weston Hospicecare.
Members of Parliament supporting include:
Abtisam Mohamed – Adrian Ramsay – Alan Mak – Alex Sobel – Allison Gardner – Amanda Hack – Andrew Bowie – Andrew Griffith – Andrew Rosindell – Andy MacNae – Angus MacDonald – Ann Davies – Anna Sabine – Ayoub Khan – Bambos Charalambous – Baroness Pinnock of Cleckheaton – Barry Gardiner – Ben Maguire – Ben Obese-Jecty – Blake Stephenson – Bob Blackman – Bradley Thomas – Brian Leishman – Brian Mathew – Caroline Voaden – Cat Eccles – Charlotte Nichols – Chris Coghlan – Clive Jones – Dame Caroline Dinenage – Dame Harriett Baldwin – Danny Chambers – Danny Kruger – Dr Al Pinkerton – Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst – Dr Simon Opher – Freddie Van Mierlo – Graham Stuart – Helen Maguire – Ian Byrne – Ian Roome – Jack Rankin – Jacob Collier – James Frith – James MacCleary – Jim Dickson – Jo Platt – John McDonnell – John Milne – John Whitby – Josh Newbury – Joy Morrissey – Kevin Hollinrake – Kevin McKenna – Kim Johnson – Kirith Entwistle – Liz Jarvis – Llinos Medi – Lord Graham Brady – Lord Monks – Luke Akehurst – Luke Taylor – Manuela Perteghella – Margaret Mullane – Martin Vickers – Martin Wrigley – Matt Vickers – Mike Amesbury – Mims Davies – Mr Lee Dillon – Mr Louie French – Nadia Whittome – Neil Duncan-Jordan – Nigel Farage – Olly Glover – Patrick Hurley – Paul Kohler – Peter Bedford – Phil Brickell – Rachael Maskell – Rachel Gilmour – Rebecca Long Bailey – Rebecca Smith – Richard Foord – Richard Quigley – Sam Rushworth – Shockat Adam – Sir Alec Shelbrooke – Sir Bernard Jenkin – Sir Christopher Chope – Sir Desmond Swayne – Sir Iain Duncan Smith – Sir Roger Gale – Sojan Joseph – Steve Darling – Stuart Andrew – Suella Braverman – Vikki Slade – Will Forster – Will Stone – Yasmin Qureshi.
Nigel Farage clip of support
BBC Breakfast TV Interview
Watch the part video of our mention regarding our petition in Westminster Hall.
MP's supporting our Campaign includes
Brian Leishman
Alloa and Grangemouth
I am fully supportive of the campaign. Strathcarron Hospice, which servers residents across my Alloa and Grangemouth constituency, provides an invaluable specialist service to more than 1,000 people each year."However, it is an enormous fundraising effort to keep the services it offers running, indeed, the hospice needs to raise as much as £16,637 every single day."
Sojan Joseph
Ashford
“Pilgrims Hospice is vital to our constituency’s healthcare services. Without their crucial work, patients and their families would not have the same level of care and security during their end-of-life treatment. However, we also need to recognise that for too long palliative care services have been desperately stretched, which is why I would welcome any new support for our local hospice in the Ashford Constituency.”
Andrew Griffith
Arundel and South Downs
This campaign has my full support. Recent debates and the NI increase in the Budget have highlighted the plight of Hospices locally and nationally. This is a modest amount of money compared with Whitehall waste - the government must act.”
Joy Morrissey
Beaconsfield
“Hospices provide essential care and support for people at their most vulnerable, and I am committed to ensuring they have the support they need to continue their invaluable work.”
Graham Stuart
Beverley and Holderness
“Hospices like Dove House in Hull do vital work for our society, and I fully support calls for more government funding.”
Ayoub Khan
Birmingham Perry Barr
IND
"Now that they face a £100 million funding deficit, many have been forced to make redundancies and reduce the clinical services on offer. Our hospices are at breaking point, and the government must step in. I endorse the hospices' proposal to designate money raised from FCA fines as a welcome first step."
Kirith Entwistle
Bolton North East
Dr Sam Rushworth
Bishop Auckland
Yasmin Qureshi
Bolton South and Walkden
"Hospices need our support more than ever and ensuring that people have access to dignity and excellent palliative care has been a priority of mine. Bolton Hospice and St Anne’s Hospice are both amazing facilities and need this support "
Barry Gardiner
Brent West
Martin Vickers
Brigg and Immingham
I am pleased to give my full support.My constituency is served by St. Andrew’s Hospice in Grimsby and Lindsey Lodge in Scunthorpe both of which provide excellent compassionate care.
Bradley Thomas
Bromsgrove
I support your campaign and I am happy for my name to be added to your list of Parliamentary supporters. Hospices do such vital work, including Acorns in my constituency which look after the most in need children. They deserve our full support and I hope that Government will ringfence funds accordingly to ensure their long-term survival.
Jacob Collier
Burton and Uttoxeter
James Frith
Bury North
"Supporting hospices, and Bury Hospice in particular, is a personal passion of mine. I intend to use my time in parliament again to champion the cause of hospices, who do so much important work in our communities."
Josh Newbury
Cannock Chase
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Chingford & Woodford Green
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
"I am very happy to support the campaign while recognising that all hospices would benefit.
Nigel Farage
Clacton
Reform UK
"The hospice sector is in desperate trouble, and every single one of us at one point will need to avail ourselves of it. I think [funding hospices with fines] would be a decent, magnanimous gesture and way of them saying sorry."
Andrew Rosindell
Constituency is Romford
Ann Davies
Caerfyrddin
"I would be very happy to support this to ensure that the facilities are fully supported and funded within my Constituency and beyond,"
Stuart Andrew
Daventry
"I worked in hospices for 16 years, so I am well aware of the challenges the sector faces and always happy to lend my support to the cause."
Jim Dickson
Dartford
Margaret Mullane MP
Dagenham and Rainham
“Given that we are faced with an ageing population, it is vitally important that palliative end-of-life care and the work of hospices such as Saint Francis are properly funded. The role of hospice care cannot be overstated and I will work hard in Parliament to ensure that people, not just in Dagenham and Rainham, but across the country, have access to the services and support needed to live their final days with dignity.”
John Whitby
Derbyshire Dales
“Pilgrims Hospice is vital to our constituency’s healthcare services. Without their crucial work, patients and their families would not have the same level of care and security during their end-of-life treatment. However, we also need to recognise that for too long palliative care services have been desperately stretched, which is why I would welcome any new support for our local hospice in the Ashford Constituency.”
Olly Glover
Didcot and Wantage
“Hospices serving my constituents perform vital work, but are in financial crisis- I’m happy to support this important cause”
Chris Coghlan
Dorking and Horley
“Hospices serving my constituents perform vital work, but are in financial crisis- I’m happy to support this important cause”
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
"Hospices, like Mountbatten Hampshire, in my constituency play a vital role in providing specialized care, dignity, and comfort for those near the end of their lives. I hope this petition will push the government to finally address this funding crisis and allow hospices to continue to deliver excellent care."
Danny Kruger
East Wiltshire
"I am a strong believer in the importance of our local hospices and happy to support the campaign for more government funding"
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
“Hospices provide peace and dignity at life’s most difficult moments, yet they’re under immense financial pressure. Ringfencing the first £100 million of FCA fines each year would give them immediate relief. I am happy to support this cause."
Mims Davies
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Suella Braverman
Fareham and Waterlooville
“Hospices like Rowans in my constituency provide fantastic care to over 4,000 people annually in Hampshire. Without new streams of funding, they will be at risk of closure. It’s high time we provide sustainable funding for essential end-of-life services.”
Anna Sabine
Frome and East Somerset
“Hospices like Rowans in my constituency provide fantastic care to over 4,000 people annually in Hampshire. Without new streams of funding, they will be at risk of closure. It’s high time we provide sustainable funding for essential end-of-life services.”
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Gosport
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
IND
I think this is worth looking at this as a short term gap
Alan Mak
Havant
"Rowans Hospice does so much amazing work caring for those living with a life-limiting illness in my Constituency and across the south east of Hampshire and I've always supported the hospice and the fantastic team that work there. But hospices across the country are struggling financially, so I back this campaign to give them more much-needed financial support."
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Harwich and North Essex
The Government is taking away large sums of money from St Helena Hospice with the National Insurance increase and they should give it back. This is a huge issue for my constituency as thousands of families have had a relationship with the hospice since it was founded, and they will feel this very strongly.
John Milne
Horsham
"I am happy to be a signatory. Hospices across the country are faced with significant and growing pressure on funding. MPs need to work together on a cross party basis for a solution to this funding crisis as our need for hospice care also increases."
Freddie Van Mierlo
Henley and Thame
I am proud to be a signatory and support this campaign. Hospices nationwide are under increasing financial strain and they play a vital role in our communities, providing compassionate care to those in need.
Richard Foord
Honiton and Sidmouth
Thank you for this initiative. We need to simultaneously increase state funding for hospice- and palliative care is Parliament is to approve the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. As a stop-gap, this proposal for £150m of FCA monies is an excellent idea.
Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
I shall be particularly pleased to support this campaign in the interests of the Shooting Star and Demelza House Children`s Hospices which receive no Government support whatsoever. I also believe that, in the context of possible terminal care legislation we should be prioritising the work of the Pilgrims Hospices in Margate and Canterbury others like them
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
My local hospice is St. Luke’s Hospice based in Kenton and covering Brent & Harrow Boroughs. I helped found the hospice when I was a councillor in 1986 and I have been pleased to assist the wonderful work that they do at end of life. They are heavily dependent on charitable donations to maintain their work in the community and in the hospice itself.
Ben Obese-Jecty
Huntingdon
Richard Quigley
Isle of Wight West
There are very few people on the Isle of Wight whose lives haven't been touched by the excellent work the Earl Mountbatten Hospice does. If we can use FCA fines to help clear up the previous mess of funding, then I'm for that
Angus MacDonald
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
IND
Alex Sobel
Leeds Central and Headingley
"Hospices like Wheatfields in the Leeds Central and Headingley constituency have been under unbearable strain for nearly a decade and a half due to inadequate funding from the NHS at UK level. Hospices receive less than £0.5bn from government and raise the remaining £1.1bn themselves. That acute shortfall is only now being addressed following the change of government which is working to ensure that patients get the properly funded end of life care that they are their families have a right to expect."
Jo Platt
Leigh and Atherton
"I am pleased to support this campaign and highlight the incredible work of Wigan and Leigh Hospice. They provide vital end-of-life care and support to patients and families across our community. Like many hospices, they have faced significant financial pressures over the past decade and must raise the majority of their funding themselves. This new Government is already working to secure more sustainable and robust financial support for hospices, ensuring they can continue delivering the dignity, care, and compassion that everyone deserves."
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
Liverpool has only recently faced the prospect of losing its children's hospice, Zoe's Place, and - thanks to the amazing people of Liverpool - they raised £5m in a month in order to save this vital service. Hospices provide vital palliative and end of life care and shouldn't be dependent on charitable fundraising, but offered central government funding, including the FCA monies, to ensure they can concentrate fully on supporting their patients and their families.
Shockat Adam
Leicester
IND
James MacCleary
Lewes
"Hospices are an essential part of our communities, providing compassionate care during the most difficult of times. They are facing unprecedented pressures, and without immediate action, vital services will be lost. I wholeheartedly support this call for urgent funding to ensure our local hospices can continue their life-changing work, including St Peters and St James Hospice, which plays a vital role in our community."
Phil Brickell
Member of Parliament for Bolton West
"Hospices, including Bolton Hospice who I have and will continue to support throughout my time as MP, provide absolutely vital support to those in need.”
Peter Bedford
Mid Leicestershire
Vikki Slade
Mid Dorset & North Poole
Brian Mathew
Melksham and Devizes
"I am very pleased to add my name. Hospices, including Dorothy House Hospice Care & Julia's House Children's Hospices in Wiltshire. Hospices do an essential job ensuring as much dignity, pain relief and comfort as possible at a difficult time and I commend them for it."
Blake Stephenson
Mid Bedfordshire
Martin Wrigley
Newton Abbot
“Rowcroft Hospice provides an amazing service to my constituents, and has to raise most of their funding from charity. They urgently need help and a proper funding solution to carry out their valued service.”
Mr Lee Dillon
Newbury
“Hospices offer extraordinary care to people during their most challenging times. We must ensure they receive the funding needed to continue this vital work.”
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
"happy to add my name. I am very confident of public support for the proposal"
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
Amanda Hack
North West Leicestershire
I am happy to support this campaign to use the FCA monies. Hospices, including Loros and Rainbows in Leicestershire provide vital palliative and respite care to local people.’
Luke Akehurst
North Durham
Hospices such as St Cuthbert’s and Willow Burn in County Durham provide critical care and support. Many of my constituents work at the hospices or have had a loved one use their services. I am happy to support the FCA hospice funding campaign.”
Ian Roome
North Devon
Ben Maguire
North Cornwall
“Hospices are such a vital part of our communities, offering care, comfort, and compassion to people during their most difficult times. In North Cornwall, they’ve done so much for so many families, but the financial pressures they face are deeply worrying. I’m determined to push for the funding they deserve, and give my full backing to support this cause.”
Amanda Hack
North West Leicestershire
I am happy to support this campaign to use the FCA monies. Hospices, including Loros and Rainbows in Leicestershire provide vital palliative and respite care to local people.’
Mr Louie French
Old Bexley and Sidcup
“Community hospices, such as the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice and Demelza in my community, do incredible work supporting local families throughout the year and I know that many hospices across the country are struggling, especially with the recently announced tax rises. I am therefore happy to support this campaign for our much-cherished community hospices to get further financial support”.
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Poole
I’m happy to be added to the list of supporters. "The government needs to re-think its approach to hospices and exempt them from the proposed changes to National Insurance. Longer-term, we need to properly fund hospices as an extension of our health service rather than having to rely on charitable donations.”
Andy MacNae
Rossendale and Darwen
I’m happy to be added to the list of supporters. "The government needs to re-think its approach to hospices and exempt them from the proposed changes to National Insurance. Longer-term, we need to properly fund hospices as an extension of our health service rather than having to rely on charitable donations.”
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
At this time, more than ever, the Government needs to make palliative care a priority. Many hospices, such as St. Francis Hospice, Havering-atte-Bower, provide a sterling service to patients and families. This care must be replicated and radically enhanced across the full length and breadth of our country. It is my ambition for the United Kingdom to have the best palliative care in the world, and it is time for Government action to match this ambition!'
Mike Amesbury
Runcorn and Helsby
IND
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
IND
Cat Eccles
Stourbridge
"Hospices provide truly invaluable support and the need for further funding is greater than ever. I recently visited the Mary Stevens Hospice, a wonderful initiative to drum up funds, however the reality is that redirecting the first £100 million from the FCA every year would make a great difference to the care provided in this sector.”
Dr Simon Opher
Stroud
"Longfields is our local hospice who do excellent work. They are an integral part of the community care of palliative illness, and we desperately need them. I fully support this bid."
Kevin McKenna
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
“We’re proud to be the home of Demelza Children’s Hospice. Visiting Demelza House as a new MP was unforgettable. I was struck by the incredible care and facilities they offer and, most of all, by the compassion and dedication of their amazing staff.”
Patrick Hurley
Southport
Queenscourt Hospice, right here in Southport, provides compassionate and essential care to those with life-limiting conditions, offering dignity and support to patients and their families. I will continue to support the need for palliative care and I support this bid.
Luke Taylor
Sutton and Cheam
"Our hospices are in crisis, and they need urgent funding. St Raph’s Hospice are fighting against cuts that could see services slashed and staff laid off. This petition presents a way forward – and is a sensible way to repurpose money raised in FCA fines. I will continue to fight for hospices to get the funding they deserve”
Rebecca Smith
South West Devon
"I believe deeply in the role of hospice care and am pleased to add my name to this campaign."
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
Solihull West and Shirley
I know from my time as a doctor the hugely importance role hospices play. It is absolutely critical they receive the funding they deserve.’
Caroline Voaden
South Devon
Please may her name be added to your brilliant campaign, along with the below message: Supporting our hospices is so vital if we are to get our NHS back on its feet. Hospices, like Rowcroft Hospice in Devon, perform vital work and it is essential they are properly funded and supported.
Kevin McKenna
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
We’re proud to be the home of Demelza Kent, the main site for Demelza Children’s Hospice. Visiting Demelza House as a new MP was unforgettable. I was struck by the incredible care and facilities they offer and, most of all, by the compassion and dedication of their amazing staff.
Abtisam Mohamed MP
Sheffield Central
Matt Vickers
Stockton West
"Herriot Hospice Homecare do a fantastic job for local people in their hour of need and it has been my pleasure to support them wherever I can, including by supporting these calls for a new funding stream"
Allison Gardner
Stoke-on-Trent South
The Douglas Macmillan Hospice has a big place in the heart of all us in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. It is vitally important we provide more financial security to our hospices and for good quality palliative care.
Bambos Charalambous
Southgate and Wood Green
"Hospices play an essential community role both nationwide and in Southgate and Wood Green. It is deeply concerning that struggling hospices are left with no choice but to reduce services and make frontline staff redundant. I am proud to work closely with North London Hospice who, like many others, need and deserve better funding to enable their delivery of dignified and compassionate end-of-life care."
Will Stone
Swindon North
Dr Al Pinkerton
Surrey Heath
Rachel Gilmour
Tiverton and Minehead
Without the excellent work of hospices across the country, people would not have the comfort and palliative care they need at the end of their lives. I commend you for all your hard work. My colleagues and I will continue to call for better hospice funding, particularly in Devon where hospices recieve less funding than elsewhere.
Kevin Hollinrake
Thirsk and Malton
"Herriot Hospice Homecare do a fantastic job for local people in their hour of need and it has been my pleasure to support them wherever I can, including by supporting these calls for a new funding stream"
Steve Darling
Torbay
"I was pleased to have signed this important petition. Rowcroft Hospice is a much loved and valued part of our community. I hope this petition will push the government to take much-needed action on this wicked issue."
Adrian Ramsay
Waveney Valley
Charlotte Nichols MP
Warrington North
Our hospices are too often overlooked but provide crucial services and care at the most difficult time for so many families. We are fortunate in Warrington to have St Rocco’s, and they will always have my support. I would welcome any additional funding for them.
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Wetherby and Easingwold
"I’m more than happy to support this sensible proposal as it would make such a difference to hospices such as Martin House Children’s Hospice in my constituency"
Dame Harriett Baldwin
West Worcestershire
I know that it has been a challenging time for the hospice sector over the last few years due to the rising cost of living. Hospices play a vital role in local communities by providing high-quality, compassionate care at the end of life. The Government has stated that it will be considering next steps for hospices over the coming months, and I will be holding them to account for ensuring hospices in our community receive adequate, sustainable funding.
Andrew Bowie
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Paul Kohler
Wimbledon
"Hospices provides peace, dignity and comfort to those near the end of their life. They are core to our very humanity as a civilised society and should be cherished, promoted and resourced.
Clive Jones
Wokingham
“I would be delighted to be a signatory because users of hospices in my constituency of Wokingham and across the UK are finding that their local hospices are facing funding pressures that need to be urgently resolved by the Government.”
Jack Rankin
Windsor
Rachael Maskell
York Central
I am happy to add my name to your letter.
Llinos Medi
Ynys Môn
"Hospices in Wales like St David’s Hospiceare facing an existential threat due to rising costs and increasing demand. Many families on the island deeply value this crucial service, and I fully support efforts to ensure hospices are properly funded."
