Charlie King: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- director of external affairs at Hospice UK
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“A commitment of £112.5m in additional recurring revenue funding would be a vital first step, preventing further devastating cuts and enabling hospices to continue delivering the care that patients and families rely on.”
What Charlie King has said
“The financial situation facing hospices is untenable, with even more beds out of use this year than last year. We know many hospices have waiting lists and demand for end of life care is rising, so it's not a case of lack of demand. Hospices desperately want to reach everyone who needs them, but financial pressure is holding them back.”
director of external affairs at Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · Hundreds of hospice beds unused amid financial crisis ↗
“These aren't abstract figures - they translate into fewer people receiving the care they need at the end of life, and mounting pressure on an already overstretched NHS”
external affairs director, Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 8 Sept 2026 · Yorkshire hospice leaders deliver letter to Prime Minister ↗
“The limiting factor on palliative care in this country is not medical science, but how the service is planned, delivered and paid for.”
Director of External Affairs, Hospice UK · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Ethical dilemmas raised by the assisted dying bill | Letters ↗
Where Charlie King has been quoted
- Hospice staff to call for £112m funding boost in Westminster protestthirdsector.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Hundreds of hospice beds unused amid financial crisisbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Yorkshire hospice leaders deliver letter to Prime Ministeryorkshirepost.co.uk · 8 Sept 2026
- Ethical dilemmas raised by the assisted dying bill | Letterstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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