Members of Parliament and representatives in the devolved administrations around the UK take crucial decisions on issues affecting hospice care and the experiences of those who are affected by terminal illness.
UK Parliament
We work with Members of the UK Parliament on key issues affecting hospice care and to promote the views and concerns of:
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patients
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carers
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hospices.
Our work includes providing briefings on key issues and meeting MPs, Members of the House of Lords and Ministers.
Recent briefings for Parliament have included a:
Devolved administrations
Responsibility for a range of issues is now devolved to the:
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Northern Ireland Assembly
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Scottish Parliament
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National Assembly for Wales.
Help the Hospices works with our member hospices across the UK to make sure that the voice of hospice care is reflected in the devolved administrations.
Wales
We support the work of Independent Hospices Cymru, which exists to highlight the role that hospices play in the provision of palliative and end of life care to the people of Wales. Independent Hospices Cymru is working with others to ensure the effective implementation of this palliative care strategy.
Scotland
We aim to support hospices in Scotland and Living and Dying Well, the Scottish Government’s palliative and end of life care action plan, published in October 2008. We welcomed the central role in this strategy given to voluntary organisations.
We work with the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, the national representative body for palliative care in Scotland.
Northern Ireland
We aim to support hospices in Northern Ireland to work with local partners to implement the agreed model of palliative care, making sure that the Northern Ireland Assembly make palliative care a priority.
Legislation
Help the Hospices monitors legislation that affects hospices and end of life care.
Further information
For more information on our public affairs work, including our work in different parts of the UK, please contact us.
