Hospices warn National Insurance tax raid will mean terminally ill take up NHS beds.
Move could mean many hospices having to reduce services as they tackle growing financial pressures
Fiona Parker Senior News Reporter. Janet Eastham Acting Social Affairs Editor
03 November 2024.
Terminally ill people could take up crucial hospital bed space if hospices have to pay increased employer National Insurance contributions, directors have warned.
Under plans set out by Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, in the Budget, employer National Insurance contributions will rise by 1.2 percentage points to 15 per cent from April 2025.
Dr Sam Royston, its executive director for research and policy, said: “It’s about the range of palliative care services that an organisation like ours provides.
