NDM8448 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Charitable hospice funding
NDM8448 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Charitable hospice funding
NDM8448 Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that:
a) charitable hospice care providers play a
vital role in providing essential care and support to people affected by
terminal illness across Wales;
b) the charitable hospice sector provides
care for more than 20,000 people each year with their services supporting dying
people to stay in their own homes and reduce hospital admissions, delivering
better outcomes for individuals and the NHS;
c) rising staff and energy costs, workforce
pressures, and increasing demand for complex care pose an existential threat to
the sustainability of the sector;
d) 90 percent of hospices are budgeting for
a deficit in 2023/24 and drawing on reserves to meet the shortfall; and
e) demand and need for palliative care is
set to grow significantly as the population ages and more people are living
longer with multiple chronic conditions.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) commit to working with the sector to
address the immediate funding challenges, including ensuring a fair salary
offer for the hospice workforce, equivalent to the Agenda for Change increases,
so there is parity with NHS colleagues;
b) develop a long-term sustainable funding
solution in partnership with the sector, including a new national funding
formula, workforce plan, and palliative and end-of-life care service
specification; and
c) extend the Welsh Government’s
end-of-life care funding review, which is due to conclude in January 2024, if
this is not feasible in this timescale.
Supporters
Adam Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Jane Dodds (Mid and West Wales)
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Type: For information
First published: 16/02/2024