Toby Porter: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of Hospice UK
- Quoted on
- Assisted dying, Palliative & end of life care, Adult social care & reform, Elderly care & frailty
- Tracked press citations
- 7
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Over 60,000 people die in Scotland each year and the number of people who need palliative care is rising rapidly. Assisted dying may not be coming to Scotland, but investing in hospice and palliative care must happen regardless: it is critical to ensure choice, dignity and compassion at the end of life.”
What Toby Porter has said
“To hear of yet another hospice having to reduce services is devastating, especially when we know demand for the dedicated, specialist care provided by hospices is increasing.”
Chief Executive of Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · Cambridge hospice boss 'devastated' by £800k NHS cuts ↗
“Hospices are facing immense pressure. Their costs are rising drastically while funding is not keeping pace. Their collective deficit has more than doubled in a year and nearly six in ten hospices have made or are considering cuts to frontline services.”
CEO of Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · Hospice deficits have more than doubled in a year ↗
“it 'unsanctionable that someone might even consider an assisted death in the future because they fear they won't get the pain relief or other care they and their loved ones need at the end of their lives'”
Chief Executive of Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 30 Sept 2026 · Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief says ↗
“It's unsanctionable that someone might even consider an assisted death in the future because they fear they won't get the pain relief or other care they and their loved ones need at the end of their lives.”
Chief Executive of Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · 29 Sept 2026 · Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief says ↗
“Hospices are stuck in a doom loop. Last year was the worst financial year on record, and this year is looking even worse. We can't fundraise our way out of this crisis, skydiving won't save hospices. We urgently need fair and long-term NHS funding to avoid a financial cliff edge.”
CEO, Hospice UK · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Three quarters of hospices in England running a deficit this year ↗
“Hospices are on the brink. Surging costs have led to many services being cut back – just as demand is rising, fast, because of our ageing population. As it stands, roughly two in five hospices are planning to make cuts this year.”
Chief Executive of Hospice UK · Elderly care & frailty · 27 Aug 2026 · Hospices ‘on the brink’ financially if assisted dying is legalised ↗
Where Toby Porter has been quoted
- Scotland's assisted dying bill has failed- what happens now?bbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Cambridge hospice boss 'devastated' by £800k NHS cutsbbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Hospice deficits have more than doubled in a yearcarehomeprofessional.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief saysuk.news.yahoo.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief saysindependent.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Three quarters of hospices in England running a deficit this yearcarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Hospices ‘on the brink’ financially if assisted dying is legalisedtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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