Hospices: Children
(asked on 25th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that children’s hospices continue to receive a ring fenced grant from NHS England beyond March 2019.
This question was answered on 29th October 2018
Since April 2013, NHS England has managed the Children’s Hospice Grant which is awarded annually. It is a contribution towards the operating costs of the hospices, not core funding for NHS services, for which the statutory responsibility resides with local commissioners. In 2018/19 £11 million has been provided to children’s hospices through the Grant.