Written question WQ93715
- Asked by
- Paul DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What is the Welsh Government doing to support hospices in Pembrokeshire in order to protect their viability for the future?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Welsh Government is 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.
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.
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 vital services and high-quality care across Wales.
We have agreed to the development of a hospice commissioning framework for Wales, which is being taken forward by the national programme board for palliative and end-of-life care with support from the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee. The framework is being developed in conjunction with hospices and it is intended that it will support both adult and children’s hospices.