Hospices struggling with increases to wages and NICs say cash is ringfenced and will not ease day-to-day pressures

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Hospices in England are to receive a £100m-plus boost to funding amid worries that some end-of-life services could close because of the impact of the national insurance increase and wage rises.

However, the bulk of the money will ringfenced for capital spending, and so cannot be used to help with day-to-day costs. The hospice sector said that while the money was welcome, it was not an answer to recurring cost pressures.