Exclusive: Hospices are warning more people could die alone, without pain relief, as soaring costs and flat NHS funding means hospices are closing beds and making staff redundnant to fill a £186m blackhole 1/n
thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5… @hospiceuk #PalliativeCare
thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5… @hospiceuk #PalliativeCare
The Sunday Times spent a day with hospice workers, as @hmtreasury has rejected a £30m rescue pacakge bid proposal from @hospiceuk to try and stop services closing down 2/n thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5…
“The hospice sector is subsidising the government’s health and social care system,” said Toby Porter who warned closing services would have consequences for the NHS as people face A&E admissions or dying on busy acute wards. 3/n thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5…
Ruth White, chief executive of Rowans Hospice, which serves Portsmouth and the surrounding area is facing a £1m blackhole and she is worries about what could happen next. “At worst people will be dying alone and without care and support,” she said 4/n thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5…
At the Hospice of St Francis, visited by The Sunday Times, there are 12 beds on site but from next month, the number of beds will be reduced to 10. Running costs are up 11%, clinical costs up 28%. 5/n thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5…
Why does this matter? @kesleeman told The Sunday Times that demand for end of life care is set to rise significantly with 150k extra dying people by 2040 and end of life care is already beset with inequalities. We can do better. 6/6 thetimes.co.uk/article/e801b5… #PalliativeCare
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