Written question WQ96289
- Asked by
- Russell GeorgeIndependent
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What plans does the Welsh Government have to increase the proportion of children’s hospice care costs that are met by statutory funding to 30 per cent by 2030?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The Welsh Government recognises the vital contribution hospices make to supporting families.
Approximately £700k of the additional £3m recurrent funding for Welsh hospices in the 2025-26 Budget is allocated to Ty Hafan and Ty Gobaith, the two children’s hospices in Wales. This equates to a 7% uplift to their staffing costs in 2024-25, and follows the £9.5m cost-of-living grants provided to Welsh hospices over the last two years.
We are working with the Joint Commissioning Committee, the National Programme for Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Welsh hospices to develop a hospice commissioning framework for Wales. It will be implemented from April 2026 and will meet the needs of adult and children’s hospices and create a more sustainable financial model for hospices in the longer term.