Motion NDM7193 Darren Millar

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Cross Party Group on Hospices and Palliative Care’s report on Inequalities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care.

2. Acknowledges that approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care need at any one time, including over 1,000 children.

3. Recognises that whilst some progress has been made in widening access to hospice and palliative care in Wales, there remains significant unmet need and under-met need, and calls on the Welsh Government to address this. 

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) outline how Wales will become a 'compassionate country';

b) ensure that strengthening the provision of palliative care services in Wales is made central to this approach;

c) provide consistent reporting criteria, and address gaps in data collection on adult and paediatric palliative care needs;

d) update the funding mechanism for charitable hospices so that it is based on current local population need and prevalence data;

e) increase the level of statutory funding provided to adult and children’s hospices in Wales.