Docorix lists 202 hospices in England and Scotland, in 168 towns and cities. 169 hold a current CQC rating and 165 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. Together they are registered for 1,770 beds.
CQC register data updated 6 October 2026
Hospices provide specialist palliative and end of life care, in the hospice or at home, and support for families. You can usually be referred by your GP, hospital team or district nurse, and many hospices accept self-referrals.
- Acorns Children’s Hospice in Birmingham Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01212484850
- Arthur Rank Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01223675777
- Ashgate Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01246568801
- Barnsley Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01226244244
- Birmingham Hospice – Erdington Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01214652000
- Birmingham Hospice – Selly Park Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 0127528739
- Christopher’s Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01483230960
- Claire House Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01513344626
- Demelza, Hospice Care for Children – Kent Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01795845200
- Dorothy House Hospice Care Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01225722988
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01782344300
- Duchess of Kent Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01189550474
- EACH The Nook Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01223800800
- East Lancashire Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01254965830
- Ellenor Gravesend Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01474320007
- Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01484411040
- Helen and Douglas House Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01865794749
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01244851091
- Hospiscare Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01392688000
- Julia’s House Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01380562525
- Julia’s House Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01202389837
- Lewis-Manning Hospice Care Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01202708470
- Marie Curie Hospice and Community Services Midlands Region Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01217033600
- Marie Curie Hospice and Community Services North East Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01912191000
- Marie Curie Hospice and Community Services Yorkshire Region Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding
- Milton Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01223815115
- Mount Edgcumbe Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 0172665711
- Mountbatten IW Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01983529511
- Naomi House Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 01962760060
- Noah’s Ark – The Children’s Hospice Charity / not-for-profit CQC: Outstanding 02084498877
Nothing matches those filters.
Order: official CQC rating only – Outstanding first, then Good. Providers cannot pay to appear higher.
Hospices by county
- Essex 7
- Suffolk 3
- Norfolk 7
- Cambridgeshire 3
- Hertfordshire 4
- Bedfordshire 2
- London 18
- West Sussex 5
- Kent 8
- Hampshire 6
- Oxfordshire 3
- East Sussex 6
- Surrey 4
- Berkshire 3
- Buckinghamshire 2
- Isle of Wight 1
- Somerset 3
- Dorset 3
- Bristol 1
- Gloucestershire 4
- Cornwall 4
- Devon 6
- Wiltshire 3
- Derbyshire 3
- Nottinghamshire 4
- Leicestershire 3
- Lincolnshire 4
- Northamptonshire 4
- West Midlands 9
- Worcestershire 4
- Staffordshire 4
- Herefordshire 1
- Warwickshire 3
- Shropshire 3
- Lancashire 1
- Greater Manchester 6
- Cheshire 4
- Cumbria 1
- Merseyside 5
- County Durham 6
- Tees Valley 6
- Tyne and Wear 3
- Northumberland 1
- South Yorkshire 5
- West Yorkshire 10
- East Riding of Yorkshire 2
- North Yorkshire 4
Hospices by town or city
- Norwich 5
- Birmingham 3
- Stockton-on-Tees 3
- Barnstaple 2
- Bristol 2
- Cambridge 2
- Corby 2
- Coventry 2
- Durham 2
- Huddersfield 2
- Ipswich 2
- Maidenhead 2
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2
- Sheffield 2
- Southampton 2
- St Austell 2
- Stoke-on-Trent 2
- Walsall 2
- Wirral 2
- Worcester 2
- Worthing 2
- Alnwick 1
- Arundel 1
- Ashford 1
- Ashton-under-Lyne 1
- Aylesford 1
- Banbury 1
- Barnard Castle 1
- Barnet 1
- Barnsley 1
- Basildon 1
- Basingstoke 1
- Bedford 1
- Benfleet 1
- Berkhamsted 1
- Bideford 1
- Bishop Auckland 1
- Blackburn 1
- Bolton 1
- Boston 1
- Bradford 1
- Bradford-on-Avon 1
- Bridlington 1
- Brighton 1
- Broadstone 1
- Bromsgrove 1
- Bury St Edmunds 1
- Canterbury 1
- Cheadle 1
- Chelmsford 1
- Cheltenham 1
- Chester 1
- Chesterfield 1
- Chichester 1
- Colchester 1
- Coleford 1
- Crawley 1
- Darlington 1
- Derby 1
- Devizes 1
Showing the 60 towns with the most; use the search to find the rest.
Who runs hospices?
- 20NHS
- 5Independent
- 177Charity / not-for-profit
Taken from the CQC register: “NHS” means run by an NHS body or providing NHS primary care; “Independent” is the CQC’s word for a provider that is not an NHS body – a company, partnership or individual. It says who runs the service, not who pays: many independent providers deliver NHS- or council-funded care. Charities and community interest companies are shown separately, where the register or the provider’s name says so. Use the All · NHS · Private switch at the top of any directory page to browse one kind only.
What does hospice care cost?
- Free
- Hospice care is free for patients and their families. Hospices are charities, funded mostly by donations with some NHS funding.
Some hospices also offer services to the public, such as counselling or complementary therapy, which may carry a charge.
Official guidance: NHS: end of life care
General guidance for England, not financial advice. Rules and charges change – check the official pages above.
Other types of service
- Care homes 14,260
- Home care agencies 13,698
- Supported living services 4,475
- Dentists 11,031
- GP surgeries 6,678
- Private GPs and doctors 2,598
- Mental health services 872
- Hospitals 918
- Clinics 631
- Scans, tests and screening 715
- Urgent treatment centres 170
- Community health services 488
- Ambulance services 331
- Private consultants
- NHS services 8,444
- Independent services 34,386
Contains CQC data © Care Quality Commission.
