This information is not collected centrally.
Primary care trusts (PCTs) are responsible for commissioning and funding palliative care services locally. The level of funding a hospice receives is a matter for local negotiation between the PCT and the hospice. It is for PCTs to determine how to use the funding allocated to them and to commission services to meet the health care needs of their local population.
However, under the Dignity in Care for Older People campaign, special one-off capital grants were awarded to a number of adult hospices to improve their physical environment. It is important to note that these were not revenue grants to support running costs.
On 9 April 2007, six of these one-off capital grants were awarded to hospices in Sussex and are shown in the table.
Amount (£) Martletts Hospice 345,425 St. Barnabas Hospice (Worthing) 446,000 St. Catherine's Specialist Palliative Care Centre 183,560 St. Michael's Hospice (Hastings) 383,920 St. Peter and St. James Hospice 278,950 St. Wilfrid's Hospice 424,600 Total for Sussex 2,062,455