UK services for adults
In the UK there are:
- 217 hospice and palliative care inpatient units
- 3,194 hospice and palliative care beds
- 308 home care services
- 105 Hospice at Home services
- 279 day care centres
- 345 hospital support services.
UK services for children
In the UK there are:
- 41 hospice inpatient units
- 311 hospice beds.
Funding
In the UK, £1.4 million is spent on hospice care every day. Of this, only £447,000 comes from government sources, leaving hospices to raise £949,000 per day.
Our Policy pages have more information on hospice funding.
The volunteer contribution
Over 100,000 people volunteer in local hospices in the UK. Without them hospices could not continue the work that they do. A study by Help the Hospices in 2006 estimated the economic value of volunteers to independent charitable hospices in the UK to be over £112 million.
International
Download facts and figures about hospice and palliative care around the world.
Further information
Please contact the Hospice information service if you need more information about hospice care.
For patient statistics, please contact the National Council for Palliative Care.
