The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. The government recognises that hospice collaboratives can play an important role in improving sustainability, reducing duplication and strengthening the quality and consistency of services. There are already examples of this in practice, with hospices in several areas working in partnership to plan provision collectively, share financial risks and present a single voice to their ICB. Through the development of the Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care MSF, the department and NHS England are considering how best to support these models and spread good practice. As part of this work, officials are identifying examples where ICBs and hospices are collaboratively moving towards more strategic commissioning arrangements and will use the MSF to share these approaches nationally. However, it is not the place of the department or NHS England, to set out the working practices, or operating models, of independent organisations, such as hospices.