Record £75m boost for hospices- full list of sites and how much funding they'll get
Hospices will get a £75 million boost - the largest cash injection ever - for building upgrades to ensure patients get the most.
More than 170 hospices across England will receive a share of the funding - which will go towards building separate family rooms, adding solar panels to reduce energy costs and communal lounges.
Among the hospices to get cash will be Wigan and Leigh, which Health Minister Stephen Kinnock visited this week.
It will use the additional funding to replace its heating system – helping create a better, more comfortable environment for patients and enabling staff to deliver higher quality care.
"Hospices play a vital role in our society by providing invaluable care and support when people need it most,' said Mr Kinnock.
'At this most difficult time, people deserve to receive the best care in the best possible environment with dignity.
'I've seen first-hand how our funding is already making a real difference to improving facilities for patients and families. This additional funding will deliver further upgrades, relieving pressure on day-to-day spending.
'End-of-life care is crucial to our 10 Year Health Plan and our fundamental shift of moving more care out of hospital and into the community. We will continue to support hospices so they can deliver their vital work.'
Toby Porter, the CEO of Hospice UK, said: "The announcement in late 2024 of £100 million in capital funding for hospices was welcome recognition from the government of the immense pressure facing hospices, and their urgent need for more financial support.
"We were pleased to distribute the first £25 million of this funding early in March. We know this money has made a huge difference to hospices and the next £75 million will continue to help them invest in their buildings, facilities, and digital infrastructure.
"While this one-off investment has been very welcome, it's critical that we continue to work with government to secure long-term reform to ensure hospice care is there for everyone who needs it, whoever and wherever they are.
"The government has just emphasised the importance of hospices in their 10 Year Plan for the NHS and the role they can play in shifting care from hospitals into the community. With the right support, there is so much more they can do to realise the vision set out in the 10 Year Plan. We look forward to working with government to make this a reality."
And Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of Marie Curie said: "Marie Curie welcome this grant funding, which we will be investing in helping to ensure people living with terminal illness are well cared for across England - whether in our hospice buildings, or in their own homes through improvements in use of digital technology
'We look forward to working with the Government to ensure longer-term funding is put in place to ensure the best possible palliative care is sustainably available for everyone who needs it, including in their new neighbourhood health centres in the most deprived communities.'
Hospices receiving funding in full
Children
England
West Midlands
906,009
Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service (MAIDENHEAD)
England
South Central
143,868
Alice House Hospice (HARTLEPOOL)
Adults
England
North East
182,598
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (CAMBRIDGE)
Adults
England
East Of England
706,038
Ashgate Hospicecare (Chesterfield)
Adults
England
East Midlands
633,770
Barnsley Hospice (Barnsley)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
240,117
Bassetlaw Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Adults
England
East Midlands
21,822
Beaumond House Hospice Care (NEWARK)
Adults
England
East Midlands
98,556
The Hospice Charity Partnership (BIRMINGHAM)
Adults
England
West Midlands
1,113,392
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice (Sheffield)
Children
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
221,517
Blythe House Hospice (High Peak)
Adults
England
East Midlands
119,874
Bolton Hospice (Bolton)
Adults
England
North West
321,556
Bury Hospice (Bury)
Adults
England
North West
185,022
Butterfly Hospice
Adults
England
East Midlands
36,645
Butterwick Hospice Care (Stockton-on-Tees)
Both
England
North East
181,126
Campden Home Nursing CIO (CHIPPING CAMPDEN)
Adults
England
South West
69,180
Children's Hospice South West (Barnstaple)
Children
England
South West
814,983
Claire House Children's Hospice (BEBINGTON)
Children
England
North West
513,514
Compton Care (Wolverhampton)
Adults
England
West Midlands
647,697
Cornwall Hospice Care (ST. AUSTELL)
Adults
England
South West
482,954
Demelza Hospice Care for Children - Demelza Kent (Sittingbourne)
Children
England
South East Coast
726,405
Derian House Children's Hospice (Chorley)
Children
England
North West
345,812
Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation - Willow Burn Hospice (Lanchester)
Adults
England
North East
71,909
Dorothy House Hospice Care (BRADFORD-ON-AVON)
Adults
England
South West
886,978
Douglas Macmillan Hospice (Stoke-on-trent)
Both
England
West Midlands
985,433
Dove Cottage Day Hospice (Melton Mowbray)
Adults
England
East Midlands
27,927
Dove House Hospice (HULL)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
332,097
Dr Kershaw's Hospice (Oldham)
Adults
England
North West
277,090
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (Cambridge)
Children
England
East Of England
657,927
East Cheshire Hospice (Macclesfield)
Adults
England
North West
388,471
East Lancashire Hospice (Blackburn)
Adults
England
North West
256,539
Eden Valley Hospice (Carlisle)
Both
England
North West
276,661
Ellenor (Northfleet)
Both
England
South East Coast
404,132
Farleigh Hospice (Chelmsford)
Adults
England
East Of England
804,804
Forget Me Not Children's Hospice (Huddersfield)
Children
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
225,696
Francis House Children's Hospice (MANCHESTER)
Children
England
North West
456,213
Garden House Hospice (LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY)
Adults
England
East Of England
369,785
Great Oaks Hospice (Coleford)
Adults
England
South West
74,748
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice (LONDON)
Adults
England
London
692,418
Halton Haven Hospice (Runcorn)
Adults
England
North West
166,182
Harlington Hospice Association (KINGS LANGLEY)
Adults
England
London
346,552
Haven House Children's Hospice (WOODFORD GREEN)
Children
England
London
265,338
Havens Hospices (Southend on Sea)
Both
England
East Of England
783,256
Heart of Kent Hospice (Maidstone)
Adults
England
South East Coast
288,828
Helen and Douglas House Hospice Care for Children and Young Adults (OXFORD)
Children
England
South Central
492,205
Hope House Childrens Hospice (OSWESTRY)
Children
England
West Midlands
434,393
Hospice at Home West Cumbria (WORKINGTON)
Adults
England
North West
101,692
Hospice at Home, Carlisle and North Lakeland (DALSTON)
Adults
England
North West
93,861
Hospice in the Weald (TUNBRIDGE WELLS)
Both
England
South East Coast
594,580
Hospice of St Francis (Berkhamsted)
Adults
England
East Of England
364,857
Hospice of the Good Shepherd (Chester)
Adults
England
North West
243,555
HospiceCare North Northumberland (ALNWICK)
Adults
England
North East
55,858
Hospiscare (Exeter)
Adults
England
South West
539,545
Isabel Hospice (Welwyn Garden City)
Adults
England
East Of England
349,756
Jessie May (Bristol)
Children
England
South West
68,779
John Eastwood Hospice
Adults
England
East Midlands
37,651
Julia's House (WIMBORNE)
Children
England
South West
393,945
Kate's Home Nursing (CHELTENHAM)
Adults
England
South West
26,529
Katharine House Hospice
Adults
England
South Central
106,311
Katharine House Hospice (Stafford) (STAFFORD)
Adults
England
West Midlands
292,620
Keech Hospice Care (STREATLEY)
Both
England
East Of England
569,259
Kemp Hospice (Kidderminster)
Adults
England
West Midlands
65,565
Kirkwood Hospice (HUDDERSFIELD)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
481,264
Lakelands Hospice (Corby)
Adults
England
East Midlands
27,910
Lawrence Home Nursing Team
Adults
England
South Central
28,758
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care (Poole)
Adults
England
South West
146,139
Lindsey Lodge Hospice (Scunthorpe)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
233,137
Longfield (Minchinhampton)
Adults
England
South West
150,687
LOROS Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice (Leicester)
Adults
England
East Midlands
908,253
Marie Curie (Head office) (LONDON)
Adults
National
National
3,741,578
Martin House (WETHERBY)
Children
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
435,788
Mary Ann Evans Hospice (Nuneaton)
Adults
England
West Midlands
111,447
Mary Stevens Hospice (STOURBRIDGE)
Adults
England
West Midlands
249,600
Mountbatten Isle of Wight (NEWPORT)
Adults
England
South Central
995,867
Naomi House and Jacksplace Children's Hospice (Winchester)
Children
England
South Central
363,155
Noah's Ark Children's Hospice (Barnet)
Children
England
London
343,815
North Devon Hospice (Barnstaple)
Adults
England
South West
309,979
North London Hospice (London)
Adults
England
London
849,842
Saint Michael's Hospice (HARROGATE)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
419,864
Nottinghamshire Hospice (NOTTINGHAM)
Adults
England
East Midlands
216,116
Oakhaven Hospice (LYMINGTON)
Adults
England
South Central
469,395
Overgate Hospice (Elland)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
251,077
Pendleside Hospice (Burnley)
Adults
England
North West
285,768
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice (FARNHAM)
Adults
England
South East Coast
827,194
Pilgrims Hospices In East Kent (Canterbury)
Adults
England
South East Coast
872,396
Primrose Hospice (Bromsgrove)
Adults
England
West Midlands
86,956
Princess Alice Hospice (Esher )
Adults
England
South East Coast
792,957
Priscilla Bacon Hospice Care Ltd
Adults
England
East Of England
11,537
Prospect Hospice (Wroughton)
Adults
England
South West
380,937
Queenscourt Hospice (SOUTHPORT)
Adults
England
North West
411,471
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People (Loughborough)
Children
England
East Midlands
433,026
Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care (WATFORD)
Both
England
East Of England
835,737
Richard House Children's Hospice (London)
Children
England
London
257,538
Rosemary Foundation - Hospice at Home (PETERSFIELD)
Adults
England
South Central
51,690
Rossendale Hospice (Rawtenstall)
Adults
England
North West
75,687
Rotherham Hospice (ROTHERHAM)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
363,202
Rowcroft - The Torbay and South Devon Hospice (Toruqay)
Adults
England
South West
474,903
Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
Adults
England
London
954,730
Saint Catherine's Hospice (Scarborough)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
313,138
Saint Francis Hospice (Havering-Atte-Bower)
Adults
England
London
573,393
Severn Hospice (Shrewsbury)
Adults
England
West Midlands
688,781
Shipston Home Nursing (Shipston-on-Stour)
Adults
England
West Midlands
30,618
Shooting Star Children's Hospices (Hampton)
Children
England
South East Coast
509,193
Sidmouth Hospice at Home
Adults
England
South West
50,777
Sobell Hospice Charity Limited
Adults
England
South Central
235,825
South Bucks Hospice (HIGH WYCOMBE)
Adults
England
South Central
57,314
St Barnabas Hospices (WORTHING)
Both
England
South East Coast
1,864,066
Springhill Hospice (Rochdale)
Adults
England
North West
335,915
St Andrew's Hospice (Grimsby) (Grimsby)
Both
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
277,767
St Ann's Hospice (CHEADLE)
Adults
England
North West
677,719
St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice (Lincoln)
Adults
England
East Midlands
709,550
St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley) (Crawley)
Adults
England
South East Coast
609,426
St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire (Lostock Hall, Preston)
Adults
England
North West
500,160
St Christopher's Hospice (LONDON)
Adults
England
London
1,569,819
St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust (Hastingwood)
Adults
England
East Of England
434,835
St Cuthbert's Hospice (DURHAM)
Adults
England
North East
205,458
St Elizabeth Hospice (Ipswich)
Adults
England
East Of England
714,417
St Gemma's Hospice (LEEDS)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
675,424
St Giles Hospice (LICHFIELD)
Adults
England
West Midlands
641,379
St Helena Hospice (COLCHESTER)
Adults
England
East Of England
711,249
St John's Hospice
Adults
England
London
440,816
St John's Hospice, Lancaster (Lancaster)
Adults
England
North West
379,872
St Joseph's Hospice (London) (London )
Adults
England
London
938,909
St Joseph's Hospice Association (LIVERPOOL)
Adults
England
North West
200,161
St Leonard's Hospice (YORK)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
426,238
St Luke's Cheshire Hospice (Winsford)
Adults
England
North West
252,533
St Luke's Hospice (Basildon) (BASILDON)
Adults
England
East Of England
453,446
St Luke's Hospice (Harrow And Brent) (Harrow)
Adults
England
London
527,405
St Luke's Hospice (Sheffield) (Sheffield)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
770,529
St Luke's Hospice Plymouth (Plymouth)
Adults
England
South West
665,871
St Margaret's Hospice (Somerset) (TAUNTON)
Adults
England
South West
611,916
St Mary's Hospice (Ulverston)
Adults
England
North West
258,538
St Michael's Hospice (BASINGSTOKE)
Adults
England
South Central
258,005
St Michael's Hospice (Hastings & Rother) (St. Leonards-on-Sea)
Adults
England
South East Coast
440,829
St Michael's Hospice (Hereford) (Hereford)
Adults
England
West Midlands
499,423
St Nicholas Hospice Care (Bury St Edmunds)
Adults
England
East Of England
292,742
St Oswald's Hospice (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Both
England
North East
751,441
St Peter & St James Hospice (North Chailey )
Adults
England
South East Coast
234,096
St Peter's Hospice (Bristol)
Adults
England
South West
753,756
St Raphael's Hospice (SUTTON)
Adults
England
London
395,307
St Richard's Hospice (Worcester)
Adults
England
West Midlands
512,652
St Rocco's Hospice (Warrington)
Adults
England
North West
265,263
St Wilfrid's Hospice (Chichester) (Bosham)
Adults
England
South East Coast
423,855
St Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) (Eastbourne )
Adults
England
South East Coast
537,573
Sue Ryder ( London)
Adults
National
National
3,750,000
Teesside Hospice Care Foundation (Middlesbrough)
Adults
England
North East
224,192
Thames Hospice (Maidenhead)
Adults
England
South Central
672,002
The Darlington & District Hospice Movement (St Teresa's Hospice) (Darlington)
Adults
England
North East
230,736
The Myton Hospices (Warwick)
Adults
England
West Midlands
671,378
The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House (Kings Lynn)
Adults
England
East Of England
244,593
The Prince of Wales Hospice (Pontefract)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
211,175
The Rowans Hospice (Waterlooville)
Adults
England
South Central
513,362
The Shakespeare Hospice (Stratford Upon Avon)
Adults
England
West Midlands
96,648
Treetops Hospice Care (RISLEY)
Adults
England
East Midlands
196,402
Trinity Hospice and Palliative Care Services (Blackpool)
Both
England
North West
615,213
Tynedale Hospice at Home (Hexham)
Adults
England
North East
47,593
Wakefield Hospice (Ossett)
Adults
England
Yorkshire And Humberside
235,143
Weldmar Hospicecare (DORCHESTER)
Adults
England
South West
525,405
Weston Hospicecare (Weston-super-Mare)
Adults
England
South West
214,899
Wigan and Leigh Hospice (Wigan)
Adults
England
North West
369,258
Willen Hospice (MILTON KEYNES )
Adults
England
South Central
431,061
Willow Wood Hospice (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Adults
England
North West
181,350
Willowbrook Hospice (Prescot)
Adults
England
North West
299,610
Wirral Hospice St John's (Wirral)
Adults
England
North West
393,841
Woking & Sam Beare Hospice (WOKING)
Adults
England
South East Coast
481,630
Woodlands Hospice (LIVERPOOL)
Adults
England
North West
59,820
Zoe's Place - Baby Hospice (Coventry)
Children
England
West Midlands
225,490
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She'd had multiple miscarriages and was given DES for prolonged periods of time. Charly first started developing symptoms when she was seven. Her mother took her to her original gynaecologist, who found the cancer after a number of invasive examinations. Over the next two years of Charly's life, she was subjected to countless procedures and spent more time at hospital than she did at home. 'I remember them saying you are going to have an operation – unfortunately you won't be able to have any babies, but you can adopt when you are older,' Charly told us. 'I certainly understood the concept of not being able to have a baby. 'I remember crying a lot as a child. They just kept reminding me that I was still alive and I wasn't going to die of the cancer.' She recently obtained her medical files, which show doctors in the UK were even writing to scientists in the US about her condition. Charly Laurence is calling for more screening for women like her Charly believes she is at a higher risk of developing certain types of cancer and her mission now is calling for more screening for women like her. But despite everything, she has defied the odds and has gone on to have twin daughters, through surrogacy. Together, the family wants to raise awareness of the impact of DES and make sure others exposed to it get the right treatment. What is DES? DES, also known as Stilbrestrol, was prescribed on the NHS to prevent miscarriage and to stop breast milk production from 1939 until the late 1970s. It was marketed as a 'wonder drug' and contained a synthetic form of female hormone oestrogen. It has become one of the biggest drug disasters in the NHS's history. The UK government claimed that doctors were told in 1973 to stop prescribing DES for pre-menopausal women, however ITV News has found dozens of women who were given the drug as late as 1980. Other countries around the world, such as the United States, banned the drug in the 1970s as scientific studies linked the use of DES with breast, cervical, and vaginal cancers. Bottles of DES / Credit: ITV News In the UK, health authorities failed to do the same. Earlier this month, the Health Secretary said the government is considering enhanced cancer screening for those impacted by the use of Stilbestrol, also known as DES, and has vowed to 'look seriously at these allegations'. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: 'Our sympathies are with anyone harmed by the historic use of Diethylstilboestrol (DES). 'The Secretary of State has been clear he will look seriously at these allegations, and the government will continue to consider enhanced screening for those impacted by the use of this drug.' The Patient Safety Commissioner, Henrietta Hughes, has welcomed the Health Secretary's views into the 'medication scandal' and is calling for more support for those exposed to the drug during pregnancy. 'Like other medication scandals that have harmed women and their families, patients weren't given the right information to make informed decisions about their healthcare. 'When safety concerns about medications are identified, these need to be swiftly communicated to prescribers and changes embedded in clinical practice. 'For those women and their daughters exposed to this drug during pregnancy it's vital that they receive the right information and support so that they can be confident that any harm will be detected and treated quickly.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
