Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ93477
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Rhys ab OwenAnnibynnol
- I'w ateb gan
- Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and Welsh Language
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 7 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
What action is the Welsh Government taking to address the increasing costs of providing children's hospice care?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and Welsh Language
We are committed to working with hospices and the national programme board for palliative and end-of-life care to find a sustainable financial funding settlement for Welsh hospices.
To aid our understanding, we have supported children’s hospices in Wales to commission a paediatric palliative care prevalence study to provide up to date information of paediatric palliative care needs in Wales.
As part of our Programme for Government commitment to review palliative and end-of-life care funding, we have provided an additional £2.2m for hospices on a recurrent basis from April 2022, including an additional £900,000 for children’s hospices.
In addition, earlier this year we provided an additional £4m one-off hospice cost-of-living grant to help ensure hospices can continue to provide their vital services and keep on providing high-quality care across Wales. This included £775,000 for children’s hospices.
Looking forward, we have agreed to the development of a hospice commissioning framework for Wales. This work is being taken forward by the national programme board for palliative and end-of-life care with support from new NHS Wales Joint Commissiong Committee (JCC). The framework is being developed in conjunction with Welsh hospices, and it is intended it will support adult and children’s hospices. A meeting with hospice care providers took place on 11 July to discuss the exploratory work and explore the next steps.