Kate Middleton visits East Anglia Children’s Hospice in 2014

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Charity Sue Ryder has urged the Government to increase its cash input from 33 percent to 70 percent. Its plea came as a report revealed the number of people needing end of life care in England will rise by 55 percent – from 245,000 to 379,000 – by 2030.

Sue Ryder warned running costs will have reached £947million a year. And, if government funding remains the same, hospices will have to raise £597million a year.

Echoing the Express’s Save Our Hospices crusade, its chief Heidi Travis called for action.

She said: “To pay the salaries of our doctors and nurses – who provide expert care, pain and symptom management to people at the end of their lives – we rely on people buying second-hand clothes from our charity shops or running a marathon and asking for sponsorship.

“It is unfathomable such a critical part of our healthcare is hanging by a thread.”

The Department of Health and Social Care said “£280million was made available for hospices as part of the Covid-19 response”.

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