Inside one hospice’s battle for survival as it faces ‘incoming tsunami’ of need

Inside one hospice’s battle for survival as it faces ‘incoming tsunami’ of need 
SwiftTeleca in South Boston, Virginia, with this article about Swindon, United Kingdom; by Shawn Butlere; 8/13/24
Swindon’s Prospect Hospice is facing a £1million deficit this year. Hospices are receiving “woefully inadequate” funding to deal with an “incoming tsunami” of patients needing end-of-life care, a desperate sector leader has warned. ... Chief executive Jeremy Lune ... said: “Hospice funding is woefully inadequate at the moment – that is a fact. In the last 10 years, the amount that we receive from the NHS [United Kingdom's National Health Service] has not increased in real terms at all. “The cost of living crisis and so on mean that in real terms, it has decreased. And the need for hospice services is increasing. With an ageing population, people are living longer, they’re living with more conditions, and the funding simply doesn’t reflect that.”
Editor's Note: USA hospice leaders, what themes and potential threats to our hospices are you seeing, especially in light of the new CMS Hospice Final Rule?