Palliative Care: Children
(asked on 3rd September 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which provider organisations NHS England is commissioning to provide specialised paediatric palliative care as defined by E03/S/H 2013/14 NHS Standard Contract For Paediatric Medicine: Palliative Care in 2019-20; and how much NHS England pays for those services.
NHS England is commissioning the following providers to provide specialised paediatric palliative care as defined by E03/S/H 2013/14 NHS Standard Contract for Paediatric Medicine: Palliative Care in 2019-20.
Provider |
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust |
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
Guy'S And St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust |
Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust |
In 2018/19 the total recorded spend on specialised paediatric palliative care was £22.8 million, the latest figures available.