# Princess Alice Hospice Puts 62 Roles at Risk in £3.5m Cost-Cutting Consultation

> Princess Alice Hospice has proposed cutting 62 roles to save £3.5m a year, with a staff consultation running until at least 18 December.

- Published: 2026-11-13T15:30:34+00:00
- Section: Restructuring
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-13/princess-alice-hospice-job-cuts
- Source: [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ly7vklw0x1o)

## Key takeaways

- Princess Alice Hospice has proposed cuts to 62 roles as it seeks to reduce costs by £3.5m a year.
- The charity said NHS funding covers 23% of its roughly £13m annual running cost.
- Chief executive Nigel Seymour said hospices across the country face the same pressures and many have already made changes like these.

[Princess Alice Hospice](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/002feyd/princess-alice-hospice) has proposed cutting 62 roles as it seeks to reduce costs by £3.5m a year, the charity said. The [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ly7vklw0x1o) reported that the Esher, Surrey-based charity has launched a staff consultation over the proposals, which run until at least 18 December.

## Nigel Seymour's Consultation at Princess Alice Hospice

Chief executive Nigel Seymour said: "Hospices across the country are facing the same pressures, and many have already had to make changes like these." He said the decision was about "ensuring the hospice was here to continue supporting patients and families who needed them in the years ahead", adding: "We are doing something difficult now because we want the hospice to have a future."

The charity said it cost about £13m a year to run its services, with NHS funding covering 23% of that amount and the remainder coming from donations, charity shops and fundraising. It said increases to National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage, together with lower-than-expected income from charitable gifts in wills, had contributed to its financial predicament.

Princess Alice Hospice said it was "facing one of the most financially challenging periods" in its 40-year history. It stressed it was not closing and said its inpatient unit and specialist care for people in their own homes would continue under the proposals, though some services would be scaled back or withdrawn. The consultation includes proposals to reduce leadership, management and support roles, alongside changes to some care services.

Sally Harris, chair of trustees, said: "It is deeply disappointing that we have reached a position where roles must be placed at risk." She added: "We recognise the impact this will have on our colleagues and our community, but we have a responsibility to ensure we live within our means and protect the long-term future of our care services."

The Department of Health and Social Care said it was committed to improving palliative care, including a new framework "to modernise and improve the palliative and end-of-life care sector and tackle the variation across the country, which follows the government's biggest investment in hospices in a generation". A spokesperson said most hospices are charitable, independent organisations that receive some statutory funding for providing NHS services and the rest through other independent fund-raising means.

## Princess Alice Hospice's Scale and NHS Share

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), more than 1,000 people were receiving care at any one time in the year to 31 March 2025. The same records show 20% of expenditure on charitable activities was provided by the NHS in that year, and that all care is delivered without charge to patients. The charity was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Esher.

## Consultation Timeline at Princess Alice Hospice

The staff consultation runs until at least 18 December, according to the BBC.

## Companies in this story

- [Princess Alice Hospice company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/002feyd/princess-alice-hospice) · website: https://www.pah.org.uk

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